• posted: May 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  kickback scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a $3.8 million settlement with Catholic Medical Center (CMC) to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing free call Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  kickback scheme

The Department of Justice recently announced it reached a settlement with Jae Lee, who formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of the Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL). The terms of the settlement Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  defective equipment

Boston Scientific Corp. was ordered by a judge to pay $68,400 in fees and expenses after being sanctioned for violations in a whistleblower lawsuit surrounding allegedly defective defibrillators. The decision was Read More

• posted: Dec. 16, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  kickbacks,  False Claim act

Healthcare organization Bayada recently agreed to pay $17 million to resolve claims that the organization engaged in a fraudulent kickback scheme. The allegations arose after the firm purchased a pair of Read More

• posted: Dec. 02, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act,  whistleblower protection laws,  False Claim act

There are not any federal laws that afford general protections to corporate whistleblowers. However, there are many types of protected disclosures under federal whistleblower laws. These protections come from a Read More

• posted: May 03, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Medicare Advantage,  kickbacks,  False Claim act

Humana and Roche Diagnositics Corp. and Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. (Roche) agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit to the tune of $12.5 million, of which more than $3.6 Read More

• posted: Oct. 31, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower settlement,  False Claim act,  Medicare Fraud

This summer, Eagleville Hospital, a provider of various substance abuse treatments to Medicare and Medicaid patients, agreed to a $2.85 million settlement with the government in the face of allegations Read More

• posted: Apr. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• kickbacks,  Medicaid Fraud,  False Claim act

The U.S. federal government announced it would join a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a West Virginia hospital. The suit includes allegations the hospital improperly submitted payments and kickbacks to physicians Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• tax fraud,  False Claim act

Sprint, the fourth-most popular mobile phone carrier in the United States, recently agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit to the tune of $330 million. The whistleblower in the case alleged the Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claim act,  fraudulent Medicare billing,  Healthcare fraud scheme

Information a whistleblower provided recently led to federal prosecutors bringing a fraud case against a dermatology chain in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. According to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Read More