Is the False Claims Act’s whistleblower provision illegal?
Category: False Claims Act
What if someone blows the whistle but it makes no sound? The federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) traces its history back to the Civil War, a time at which unscrupulous vendors sold defective goods such as blankets and boots to the Union army. The result was to adopt legislation, the FCA, both penalizing the filing […]
Certifying to Medicare that you’re here when you’re really there is a ticket to nowhere, or maybe to jail.
Ride along with Mark as he muses over whether Medicare recovery auditors are themselves committing fraud.
Ride along with Mark as he discusses the influence of scienter in False Claims Act cases.
What you know, both about the FCA and about the falsity of claims is now even more relevant.
You can settle civil allegations in the morning and be arrested before the end of lunch…
Sit back and relax while Mark warns you that kickback violations can arise from what are usually seen as common business practices.
That’s odd, because physicians sometime demonstrate that ability, at least on billing records.
That’s odd, because physicians sometime demonstrate that ability, at least on billing records.
