About the Law
- What is a False Claim? - gives examples of the different types of healthcare fraud false claims.
- FAQ - provides answers to frequently-asked-questions that potential clients have asked over the years.
- Whistleblower HIPPA Concerns - explains the provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which authorizes whistleblowers to divulge certain confidential information when exposing fraud.
- Whistleblower Protection - gives an overview of how whistleblowers are protected if their employers retaliate against them.
- Whistleblower Rewards - gives an overview of how rewards are calculated under the False Claims Act.
- Qui Tam - explains what the term qui tam means and how the qui tam law evolved over the years.
- False Claims Act History - provides a summary of the history of the False Claims Act.
- False Claims Act Text - provides the actual text of the False Claims Act (FCA), and also provides a link to DOJ Guidance on the use of the FCA in civil healthcare matters.
- Reasons for the False Claims Act - provides the congressional reasoning behind the 1986 amendments to the False Claims Act, which revitalized the qui tam mechanism and is the reason for the great success of the law.