Whistleblower Receives $1.8 Million In Hospital False Claims Act Settlement

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

A former director of Health Management Services at Morton Plant Hospital will receive over $1.8 million as her share of the government’s recovery in a False Claims Act case arising from a hospital group’s submission of false claims for services rendered to Medicare...

Improper Payments To Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare $1.5 Billion In 2009

Whistleblower

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human  Services recently  conducted a study that identified errors in 25 percent of the claims submitted by skilled nursing facilities in 2009, resulting in $1.5 billion in inappropriate Medicare...

OIG Reports That Diabetes Test Suppliers Improperly Billed Medicare

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

In a recent report, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that suppliers improperly billed Medicare for more expensive diabetes test strips. The study focused on practices that included (1) improperly billing mail...

OIG Study Finds That Medicare Contractors Lacked Controls To Prevent Millions In Improper Payments For Blood-Glucose Test Strips

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently conducted a review of contractors that process claims for home blood-glucose test strip and lancet supplies.  Medicare Part B covers test strips and lancets prescribed by physicians for diabetics.  This coverage depends...

Ex-Bayer Salesman Wins Award In FCA Retaliation Suit

False Claims Act, Whistleblower

Ex-Bayer Salesman Wins Award In FCA Retaliation Suit By Keith Goldberg Law360, New York (November 05, 2012, 3:52 PM ET) — An Arkansas federal jury on Friday awarded a former Bayer Corp. sales representative nearly $900,000 after finding that the company fired...