On April 30, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statics (FOCUS) initiative to combat fraud by connecting with and supporting data miner [...]
In February, CMS released data identifying what different healthcare providers were billing to Medicaid. CMS has been doing this with Medicare data for many years, and this was the first [...]
Bracker & Marcus is pleased to announce its most recent healthcare fraud settlement of $2.18 million with the Georgia-based Arthritis & Rheumatology Center (ARC) and its owner. The state of [...]
When we file a new False Claims Act case, one of the most important decisions we have to make is where to file it. Potential clients often ask us where [...]
Throughout my career, from law enforcement to advocating for whistleblowers, one truth has remained constant: the government depends on insiders. I often think of the show Unsolved Mysteries, where Robert [...]
As we are finally (mostly) caught up from the holidays—including partner Julie Bracker’s faculty participation at the False Claims Act “Mock Trial” Institute for the American Bar Association—we are pleased [...]
The latest False Claims Act (FCA) statistics released by the U.S. Department of Justice tell a clear story: whistleblowers continue to drive civil fraud enforcement in the United States. According [...]
We are pleased to announce that the government has intervened and settled claims brought by our client against Dr. Mark Malone and his Texas-based healthcare practice, Advanced Pain Care. The [...]
If your law firm is going to have a blog, then the blog has to announce the wins—and it just so happens that we’re winning a heck of a lot [...]
The whistleblower process empowers individuals with inside knowledge of government fraud to come forward and take action. Filing a qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act (FCA), individuals can [...]
