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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Fraud and the FCA

October 27th, 2023

For anyone old enough to care about the False Claims Act, there is a haunting shared experience about the year 2020. It was a year marked by fear and confusion. Although everyone experienced the pandemic in different ways, everyone remembers how chao… Read More

Hospice and the FCA

September 27th, 2023

While death is a certainty for us all, the timing of our deaths is typically indeterminate until the very end. For those who have been diagnosed as terminally ill, death is merely a matter of time. Hospice treatment is designed to allow terminally il… Read More

New SEC Rules Encourage Whistleblowers

August 31st, 2022

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of two amendments to its whistleblower program that encourage filings by affording better incentives to whistleblowers. The first amendment provides that a whistleblowe… Read More

Whistleblower Receives $514,397 in Lawsuit Alleging Fraud by ResMed Corp

January 20th, 2020

Whistleblower Receives $514,397 in False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Fraud by ResMed Corp. Related to the Sale of Equipment for Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep-Related DisordersResMed Corp. (ResMed), a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) agre… Read More

Whistleblower Receives $93,750 in False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Fraud Against TRICARE for Compounded Prescription Drugs

December 12th, 2019

Contributor: Michael F. Brady

A compounding pharmacy in Lenexa, Kansas, and its owner, agreed to pay $205,000 to the federal government to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit under the False Claims Act. A former pharmacist, the relator, employed by Midwest Compounders, filed the laws… Read More

Whistleblowers Win By Exposing Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Fraud

September 4th, 2019

The federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) applies to remedy many types of fraud perpetuated by private businesses that contract with federal agencies — including Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program fraud. The FCA provides incentives for a whis… Read More

Fraudulent Off-Label Marketing of Prescription Drugs

December 17th, 2018

The Department of Justice and qui tam plaintiffs have settled cases involving “off-label marketing” of prescription drugs for billions of dollars. In such fraud cases, companies seek to increase their revenue using various off-label marketing met… Read More

Lincare Agrees to Pay the United States $5.25 Million to Resolve Medicare Advantage Fraud Claims Brought by a Whistleblower

August 17th, 2018

Contributor: Michael F. Brady

Lincare, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $5.25 million to settle claims that it violated the federal False Claims Act. This is perhaps the first False Claims Act recovery for claims brought by a whistleblower against a medical provider for m… Read More

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Big Wins Under Laws that Protect American Jobs

August 9th, 2018

Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016 claiming that he would “Make America Great Again” by altering international trade rules to bring back jobs from foreign countries. Whatever one thinks of Trump’s economic policies, it appears o… Read More

Healogics Agrees to Pay United States Nearly $400,000 to Resolve Fraud Claims Brought by Whistleblower Represented by Brady & Associates

June 22nd, 2018

Healogics, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $398,162.69 to settle claims that it violated the federal False Claims Act. Healogics, which is based in Florida, manages wound care clinics throughout the United States. Some of the patients receiv… Read More

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