This year, Berkeley became the latest California city to enact a fair workweek law, which gives workers in certain industries – primarily those who employ hourly workers using floating schedules – the right to receive advance notice of their work schedules and additional compensation if changes are made to their schedule with little notice. As described in the ordinance, the law is designed to enact and enforce fair and equitable employment scheduling practices that do not unreasonably … [Read more...]
Medi-Cal Fraud: California’s Giant Medicaid Program Is a Target, But Whistleblowers Are Aiding Recoveries
As the Department of Justice’s annual False Claims Act report shows, Medicaid fraud comprises a significant portion of all the frauds against the federal government each year. In fiscal year 2023, the DOJ reported $2.68 billion in FCA settlements and judgments. Almost half that, $1.2 billion, was recovered from Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse or neglect. And because California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is exponentially larger than in most other states, it’s a big target for … [Read more...]
Cybersecurity Fraud: The Largest Cyberattack on U.S. Healthcare Underscores the Need for Whistleblowers
Weeks after a cyberattack on UnitedHeath Group’s Change Healthcare unit crippled the processing of medical claims and prescriptions nationwide — and potentially exposed patient data — some lessons have emerged, including lessons about cybersecurity fraud and the whistleblowers who expose it. What the Change Healthcare Attack Exposed First, the federal government and industry executives have known for years that the U.S. healthcare system was vulnerable to hacking, according to The Washington … [Read more...]
Off the Clock Work: California Supreme Court Broadens the Definition of Hours Worked
Is it off the clock work, or are you still on the clock in California, if your workday is over but you are still waiting to pass an employer-mandated security inspection before heading home? Yes, under certain conditions, the California Supreme Court said last month in its ruling in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors. The opinion follows similar worker-friendly rulings by the court. In 2020 the court said Apple needed to pay employees for bag searches after the end of their shifts and in … [Read more...]
DOJ Whistleblower Program Will Pay for Corporate Crime Tips
In another example of how the government turns to whistleblowers to help discover and shut down fraud it isn’t able to ferret out on its own, the Justice Department is launching a program this year: a DOJ whistleblower program that will grant monetary awards to whistleblowers who deliver tips on significant corporate or financial misconduct. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the program during a legal conference this month. She said the goal is to address the “full range of … [Read more...]
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