By Steve Kardell | Published December 27, 2022 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: false Medicare claims, Medicare Fraud, nursing home |
American Senior Communities, LLC Settles False Medicare Claims for over $5 Million
American Senior Communities LLC, or ASC, violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare. The organization recently agreed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pay just under $6 million to settle the claims. Proceeds reimbursed Medicare and awarded the whistleblower who brought the claim. The Medicare scheme ASC provides skilled nursing Read More
Read MoreSEC Fixes Flawed Provision in Whistleblower Rule
Investment and public interest groups applaud recent changes in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules. After previous efforts to weaken these rules, the SEC restored the regulations to better award whistleblowers and protect investors. An effective approach The whistleblower rule dates back to 2011. They awarded over $1 billion to whistleblowers who revealed insider trading Read More
Read MoreLawsuit Claims New Jersey Rent Assistance Program Fired Whistleblower
New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs has been accused of firing their chief financial officer, after he informed the agency’s leaders about waste and conflicts of interest in the state’s COVID-19 rent assistance program. Case background The plaintiff claimed that he was fired by Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver in April after he asked to work Read More
Read MoreWhite Collar Crime Costs Hundreds of Billions Each Year
White collar crime costs the United States about $300 billion dollars per year—and most Americans don’t even realize it. Because white collar crime is typically nonviolent, it doesn’t get the same kind of attention that others do. Whistleblower suits are often very effective in rooting out this kind of corruption. What is white collar crime? Read More
Read MoreOrlando Hospitality System Settles WARN Act Class Action for $2.3 Million
Rosen Hotels and Resorts, a hospitality system based in Orland, has recently settled class action claims brought under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act for $2.3 million. Hotel workers accused the company of causing them to suffer “employment loss,” failing to notify them of a mass layoff and failing to provide the pay Read More
Read MoreSurgeon Claims Retaliation After Blowing the Whistle on Colleague
A Cincinnati surgeon has filed a lawsuit against the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, claiming he was retaliated against when he raised concerns about a colleague’s fitness. Dr. Charles Mehlman claims he was targeted by hospital leadership and two other doctors who served on the “professional provider evaluation committee” after he spoke out. Case background Read More
Read MoreCitizens Can Use Whistleblower Laws to Report Climate Crimes
It’s no secret that climate change is happening at an increasingly rapid pace. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, sea levels are rising and once-normal weather events are more destructive than ever. While the average citizen can cut down on their carbon footprint, certain industries and corporations are adding to the problem. The Climate Corruption Read More
Read MoreFormer Santa Fe Public School Administrator Awarded $800,000 in Whistleblower Suit
Former Santa Fe High School assistant principal Kelly Rinaldi was awarded nearly $800,000 in a whistleblower lawsuit against the school district. Rinaldi alerted colleagues of allegations of sexual misconduct against high school student athletes in 2017. Case background In 2017, Rinaldi spoke up about the sexual misconduct allegations and asked the district to investigate the Read More
Read MoreFacial ID Vendor Sued by Former Illinois Hospital Worker
A former Illinois employee from Lurie Children’s Hospital recently filed a biometric privacy claim against ID.me Inc., the hospital’s identity verification vendor. The suit claimed it stored her and other Illinois users’ facial data twice as long as it was allowed to, before the vendor changed its policies in 2021. Case background When the plaintiff Read More
Read MorePharmacy Owners Convicted of Fraudulent Multimillion Dollar Telemedicine Scheme
Two pharmacy owners were recently convicted of trying to defraud pharmacy benefit managers of tens of thousands of prescriptions, which were submitted to both private and federally-funded healthcare programs. The PBMs paid claims to the conspirator-owned pharmacies in a multimillion dollar scheme. They face up to 17 years in prison and $50 million in restitution. Read More
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