While the Biden administration, Congress and private insurers argue about proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage and ways to shore up its financial future, another law that’s been in place for more than a century has proven to be the most effective way … [Read more...]
False Claims Act Whistleblowers Protect Military Servicemembers and First Responders
Overcharging the government or billing the government for services not provided are some of the well-known ways federal contractors violate the False Claims Act. But providing defective or substandard materials as part of a government contract is … [Read more...]
Annual False Claims Act Report Shows Success of Non-Intervened Whistleblower Cases
The Department of Justice last month reported its False Claims Act report for fiscal year 2022, highlighting more than $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments, and the second-highest number of settlements in history. But even more revealing were … [Read more...]
Whistleblower 101: How to Report Financial and Securities Fraud
Following the 2008 financial collapse, Congress established incentivized whistleblower programs similar to the qui tam provisions in the False Claims Act, creating powerful new tools for enforcing securities and commodities laws. The Dodd-Frank … [Read more...]
Federal Covid Emergency is Ending, But PPP Fraud is Still Being Brought to Light
The federal Coronavirus emergency is set to expire this spring, but the process of clawing back improperly gained funds from pandemic relief efforts like the Paycheck Protection Program continues. The first lender accused of PPP fraud under the … [Read more...]
Whistleblower 101: What Is The False Claims Act and How Can It Help Me If I Witness Fraud?
As Kate Scanlan, a whistleblower attorney at Keller Grover, says: Where there is government funding, there is likely to be fraud. Case in point: government procurement programs. The United States is the largest purchaser in the world, buying … [Read more...]
Whistleblowers Expose Millions of Dollars Lost to Alleged Fraud at Healthcare Facilities Taken Over by Private Equity
Private equity money is flooding into healthcare in the United States — and with it comes demands for increased profits and the potential for fraud. In 2021, $206 billion was spent on more than 1,400 private-equity healthcare acquisitions, … [Read more...]
Billions in infrastructure spending to combat climate change will need to be protected against fraud
As climate change threatens the United States’ coastlines, the federal government has responded with a wave of spending to support what is being called the “blue economy.” Across nearly 100,000 shoreline miles, from New England to Florida, around … [Read more...]
Supreme Court declines to hear three False Claims Act cases: What it means for whistleblowers
How much detail do whistleblowers need about false claims made by their employers in order for a case to proceed? That level of particularity is the central issue in three False Claims Act cases the Supreme Court declined to hear in October. The … [Read more...]
In podcast, whistleblower in record Sutter Health settlement describes working with Keller Grover’s Kate Scanlan
Keller Grover LLP attorney Kate Scanlan recently appeared on a podcast with her client Kathy Ormsby, the whistleblower behind a lawsuit against Sutter Health that was settled last year for a record $90 million. In the podcast, Ms. Ormsby describes … [Read more...]