Illinois Qui Tam Whistleblower Case Example:
In July, 2003, Abbott Laboratories’ subsidiary, CH Nutritionals, Inc., agreed to pay $600 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the Medicare program by engaging in a practice known as "price bundling" - a practice wherein Abbott allegedly sold together feeding pumps and tubes to Medicare at a higher price than if they were purchased separately.

In February, 2003, Northwestern University agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle allegations that it violated NIH grant requirements. The lawsuit alleged that the University failed to comply with a federal grant requirement that a specific percentage of researchers’ efforts be devoted to a grant project.

In December 2002, an ophthalmologist agreed to pay the government $14 million to the federal government and the State of Illinois to settle allegations that he defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by upcoding, paying kickbacks, submitting false cost reports, and falsifying documents.

In February 2000, the University of Chicago Hospitals and the University of Chicago physicians* group agreed to pay the United States $10.9 million to settle a Federal qui tam lawsuit filed in Illinois, that alleged the University defrauded the Medicare and Medicaid programs by submitting claims for inpatient services that were not supported by proper documentation.