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Jones Day is representing a hospital system in connection with two novel federal and state False Claims Act matters alleging improper arrangements with Medicaid managed health care plans.
Examples of Federal False Claims Act in a sentence The New York False Claims Act is similar to the Federal False Claims Act. The Federal False Claims Act provides protection to qui tam relators (individuals who commence a False Claims action) who are discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened,...
The False Claims Act (FCA) Qui Tam Lawsuits The Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) The Lacey Act The Sarbanes Oxley Act The Dodd-Frank Act Various government agencies also oversee whistleblower programs, including: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a whistleblowerprogramthat pays monetary rew...
In another notable False Claims Act development, a Massachusetts federal district court recently held that, when the United States intervenes in a relator’s qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) [...] Read More December 10, 2024 ...
InKane,the relator, a former employee who served as the Technical Director of Revenue Cycle Operations, alleged that a group of hospitals violated the reverse False Claims Act (FCA) provision, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(G), by improperly retaining overpayments. The relator and the New Yor...
Prosecutorial Indiscretion: Encouraging the Department of Justice to Rein in Out of Control Qui Tam Litigation Under the Civil False Claims Act This Article explores how the incentives created by the civil False Claims Act (FCA), a qui tam statute that is the government's primary litigation tool...
While this qui tam proceeding was in active litigation, the federal Department of Justice--the administrative agency in charge of enforcing the False Claims Act--filed itsintervention complaint for criminal and civil relief. Intervention is the method used when the federal government wants to move ...
Todd represented a prominent physician being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice under the False Claims Act for Medicare fraud, for allegedly filing false reimbursement claims for medical services. Todd identified and hired highly qualified experts and was able to have the investigation dis...
The good, the bad, and the ugly: the unnecessarily broad impact of qui tam civil False Claims Act cases on rural health care providers. The civil False Claims Act (FCA) imposes harsh penalties against parties who misappropriate federal funds. The statute's qui tam whistle-blower provisions ....