Government or causes the wrongful expenditure of U.S Government funds, a whistleblower may be entitled to bring suit under the Federal False Claims Act. Where the conduct cheats state or city governments out of money or deprives them of the products and services that they contracted to buy, ...
the Government may file its own complaint or amend the complaint of a person who has brought an action under section 3730(b) to clarify or add detail to the claims in which the Government is intervening and to add any additional claims with respect to which the Government contends...
The Affordable Care Act (``ACA'') enhanced the federal government's ability to combat fraud and abuse by creating a public and private part- nership between private and public insurers, permitting stiffer sentences for health care fraud, and creating enhanced screening of Medicare and Medicaid ...
Jones Day is defending Education Management Company (EDMC) against a False Claims Act action brought by private relators and joined by the federal government, several states and the District of Columbia. EDMC is one of the nation's largest, for-profit, providers of secondary education. The clai...
Federal district court holds that application of the False Claims Act鈥檚 civil penalty provision would violate the Eighth Amendment鈥檚 prohibition of excessive fines and declines to impose penalties where there is no evidence of economic harm to the government...
Expansion of Federal False Claims ActThe Federal Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) was enacted in May 2009. FERA is a major expansion of the Federal False Claims Act and has significant application to Medicaid providers, managed care plans, and their contractors. Under the ...
Federal False Claims Act Protections The most famous whistleblower law is the False Claims Act. The Federal False Claims Act does include a seal provision. This provision means that the case is initially filed in secret, preserving a person’s anonymity in whistleblower cases. Only the government...
This is a brief discussion of the constitutional questions raised by qui tam provisions; of the history of such provisions; and of the three existing, active federal qui tam statutes--the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729-3733; the false marking patent statute, 35 U.S.C. 292; and ...
The Eastern District of Texas reminded practitioners that it is an uphill battle to use a state law privilege as a shield in qui tam False Claims Act cases. The court held that West Virginia's statutory bank examiner privilege did not apply to documents related to West...
HCFAC is beginning to widen the government’s avenues to prosecute healthcare fraud and abuse matters. Traditional enforcement methods have seen a drastic decrease in recoveries post-pandemic, specifically a decrease of more than $3 billion in False Claims Act (FC...