Category: Healthcare Fraud
U.S. Justice Department Takes Tough Stance on MA Medicare Fraud in the Cases Against Kaiser Permanente
DOJ recently joined forces with numerous private plaintiffs against healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente. The original whistleblower lawsuit, filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims...
Study Shows Whistleblowers Help Curb Fraud
According to a study by Jaron H. Wilde at the University of Iowa (an assistant professor of accounting in the Tippie College of Business), whistleblowers...
Senator Grassley Pitches Trump on Whistleblowers
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley and the lead GOP sponsor of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 was interviewed recently about some of his...
Successful Whistleblower Brian Shields Interviewed by the Los Angeles Times
Brian Shields, a client of Nolan Auerbach & White, filed a successful whistleblower claim against Genentech and OSI. He was recently interviewed by the Los...
SEC Whistleblower Program Takes Flight with Multimillion Dollar Whistleblower Rewards
As part of the much-discussed Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, Congress launched the SEC Whistleblower Program to entice employees to come forward with credible evidence of...
Medical Device Manufacturer Triggered False Claims Act Liability by Allegedly Submitting False NIH Grant Application
Each year, the federal government doles out billions of dollars in grant money, some of which is acquired or used based upon fraudulent misrepresentations made...
Hospitals in Trouble for Improperly Billing Medicare and Medicaid Health Care Programs
St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey recently resolved allegations with the Department of Justice that it falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically...
Whistleblower Motivations
Nolan Auerbach & White 3 named partners themselves have collectively has represented the interests of whistleblowers for over 50 years! Thousands of potential healthcare whistleblowers...
DME Suppliers Cheat Medicare When They Bill for Skilled Nursing Facility Patients
Medicare pays a bundled payment to skilled nursing facilities that cover all of a patient’s needs, including the provision of durable medical equipment (DME). In...