At Bracker & Marcus, we are passionate about providing updates and keeping our community informed on news and law regulations related to the False Claims Act throughout the United States.
EpiPen pricing has been in the headlines often lately. The manufacturer, Mylan, keeps raising the price and ripping off patients. EpiPens went from costing $57 in 2007 to around $600 [...]
With the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) in 2009, CMS offered significant incentives to health care providers to encourage the use of [...]
Bracker & Marcus LLC and its co-counsel, Jill S. Schwartz &Â Associates, represent Relator Debra Leggins in a lawsuit against Orlando Housing Authority. OHA is alleged to have mishandled Section 8 [...]
On May 17, 2017, 49 state attorney generals signed a letter to the Senate Finance Committee requesting appropriate legislation to allow for sharing of the Part D recoveries with the [...]
Because of the rise in home health services, Medicaid is at risk for billions of dollars in fraudulent billing. The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of [...]
The Department of Justice has reported its False Claims Act numbers for 2016, and has announced that over its 8-year term, former President Obama's administration recovered more than $31.3 billion [...]
When people hear of "fraud" and "Nigeria," they think of emails from African princes. But the African country is dealing with its own internal fraud problems by implementing a whistleblower [...]
The Department of Justice has recently announced its year end statistics and the results are exciting for anyone who wants to see fraudsters paying back their ill-gotten gains to the [...]
One of the most difficult aspects of my job is explaining to people what it is that I do. Once I get past explaining why my practice does not include [...]
Last month, we announced a settlement with the Southern Spine & Pain Institute in a False Claims Act case brought by former employees. One relator (Ms. P) was a nurse [...]
