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Whistleblowers Expose Michigan Oncologist Convicted of Fraud Involving Hundreds of Cancer Patients

July 16th, 2015

In a tragic discovery, a Michigan oncologist has been convicted of fraud after taking advantage of hundreds of his patients in the suburbs of Detroit. The scam, which involved both cancer patients, as well as those who were allegedly misled into beli… Read More

Senator Grassley to Go After Medicare Advantage Overbilling

June 8th, 2015

Medicare Advantage insurance coverage has long relied on a subjective standard when assessing the condition of patients for billing purposes. To be sure, under Medicare Advantage, a program enacted by Congress in 2003, insurance providers must rate p… Read More

Lobbyists Seek To Change False Claims Act

August 28th, 2014

Iowa Senator Charles Grassley is at it again, this time coming out swinging in a full-throated defense of the False Claims Act (FCA). The Iowa Republican says that recent attempts by corporate lobbyists to alter the measure represent a serious attack… Read More

Whistleblower Claims Increase In 2014

August 7th, 2014

New data released by a prominent anti-fraud group in Washington, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, revealed that payments by companies accused of violating the False Claims Act rose in fiscal year 2014, hitting a record $5 billion. The rise is… Read More

Federal Government Made $100 Billion In Improper Payments Last Year

July 10th, 2014

Waste often comes to mind when discussing government spending. People intuitively realize that it costs a lot of money to operate a government as sprawling as ours, and that money is bound to get lost somewhere along the way. Turns out the level of w… Read More

New Whistleblower Program Leads To Big Payout

May 29th, 2014

It’s been sadly too often the case that government whistleblower programs find themselves in the news for all the wrong reasons. The SEC has been taken to task for failing to follow up on the thousands of tips it has received while the IRS appe… Read More

Senator Grassley Wants Whistleblower Caucus

May 15th, 2014

Whistleblowers are a group of people who seldom get the respect they deserve. Think about it, most whistleblowers are ordinary Americans with ordinary jobs and ordinary concerns. Despite their seeming ordinariness, these people decide to take the ext… Read More

Senators Ask Tough Questions About OSHA's Whistleblower Program

May 8th, 2014

A lot of attention has recently been focused on the performance (or lack thereof) of the IRS whistleblower program. The IRS’s program, as well as a similar program in place at the SEC, typically garners the bulk of attention surrounding governm… Read More

Too Big To Jail? Maybe Not, According To Prosecutors

May 1st, 2014

Federal prosecutors appear to be getting closer to bringing criminal charges against financial institutions that were previously seen as untouchable. A recent article in the New York Times discussed how the perception that banks were “too big t… Read More

IRS Report Reveals Worrying Lack Of Action

April 17th, 2014

The Internal Revenue Service recently released its annual report to Congress. The report, not known for its stimulating material, contained one area of interest to many, especially critics of the agency: whistleblower tips. The report clearly indicat… Read More

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