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• posted: Jan. 10, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• telehealth,  telehealth medicare fraud

The COVID-19 pandemic made telehealth essential. With shutdowns across the country, people still needed medical care, and telehealth came to the rescue. The number of “virtual” physicians increased from zero Read More

• posted: Dec. 29, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• healthcare billing fraud

A physician, his son and their medical practice agreed to pay the U.S. $980,000 to resolve allegations arising from the False Claims Act. The pair allegedly submitted medically unnecessary urine Read More

• posted: Dec. 01, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• white collar crime

White collar crime costs the United States about $300 billion dollars per year—and most Americans don’t even realize it. Because white collar crime is typically nonviolent, it doesn’t get the Read More

• posted: Nov. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• anesthesia billing

Epic, a medical billing software service, has been accused of prompting hundreds of hospitals across the country to double-bill Medicaid and Medicare for anesthesia services. This resulted in hundreds of Read More

• posted: Oct. 25, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• fraudulent prescriptions

Two pharmacy owners were recently convicted of trying to defraud pharmacy benefit managers of tens of thousands of prescriptions, which were submitted to both private and federally-funded healthcare programs. The Read More

• posted: Oct. 18, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• bribery,  healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme

The Department of Justice recently charged 36 defendants in 13 federal districts for “alleged fraudulent telemedicine, cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing and durable medical equipment (DME) schemes.” Criminal charges were Read More

• posted: Sep. 08, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  false claims,  healthcare fraud

A rehabilitative therapy business in Georgia, along with its founder, has been ordered to pay $9.6 million in damages for submitting nearly 800 false health care claims. Case background Middle Georgia Family Read More

• posted: Aug. 23, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• construction fraud,  GSA,  subcontracting fraud

Hensel Phelps, a general contractor and construction company, recently settled allegations of subcontracting fraud for $2.8 million The misconduct was revealed by Fox Unlimited Enterprises, which acted as a whistleblower in Read More

• posted: Aug. 18, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower awards,  SEC,  Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed some changes to its whistleblower program that could potentially affect compensation received by whistleblowers through the program. Under the current rules, whistleblowers Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  Medicare Fraud,  Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced two settlements of qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act, which allows private individuals to file lawsuits on behalf of the government Read More

• posted: Jul. 12, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• market manipulation

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) on May 18 for action taken against Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelez Global LLC. The Read More

• posted: Jun. 30, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• FCC,  federal assistance programs

TracFone Wireless Inc., a Miami-based telecommunications carrier, will pay $13.4 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violations. The case was originally brought by a whistleblower, Farrell Gordon, who will Read More

• posted: Jun. 28, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC award,  SEC whistleblower awards,  securities fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a $14 million award to a whistleblower who published an online report that exposed ongoing fraud. That whistleblower shared the same information Read More

• posted: Jun. 23, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• false claims act violations

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently announced it initiated a lawsuit against family medical doctor Peter J. Baddick, III over allegations of medically unnecessary prescriptions Read More

• posted: Jun. 21, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  healthcare fraud,  False Claims Act lawsuits

The U.S. Department of Justice recently revealed that 2021 was a major year for False Claims Act settlements and judgments. According to the DOJ, the federal government took in more than Read More

• posted: Jun. 16, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  kickbacks,  health care fraud

A recent lawsuit against a Georgia surgical company and the physician who owns it resulted in a $3 million lawsuit. The False Claims Act case was filed against Dr. Jeffrey Gallups Read More