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Whistleblowers are Critical in Preventing, Limiting Medicare Fraud
During a recent interview with the AARP, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Medicare fraud must be taken as seriously as the war on drugs in this country. That’s saying something, considering the hardline stance Sessions has taken on the enforcement of drug laws. However, it’s not difficult to see why he’s so passionate about […]
Takata Whistleblowers Earn Shared $1.7 Million Award
Three former employees of Takata Corp. will share a $1.7 million award after giving information to authorities that alerted them to the risks of the much-publicized deadly airbag inflators. Those inflators were the subject of the largest automotive recall in history. Takata agreed to pay the award out of a reserve fund it created while […]
SEC Issues Record-High Whistleblower Awards
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it issued its largest whistleblower award ever, breaking the previous record of a $30 million award it handed out in 2014. The SEC split a $50 million pot between two whistleblowers, with one taking home more than $33 million. No further information was provided about […]
Missouri Considers New Law to Protect Whistleblowing Professors
The Missouri state senate is debating a bill that would add some protections from retaliation to university faculty who serve as whistleblowers. State Sen. Ed Emery is sponsoring the bill, which follows recent rollbacks on whistleblower protection and discrimination laws in the state. The Academic Freedom and Whistleblower Protection Act would, if passed, prevent educational […]
IRS Whistleblowers Earn $12.9 Million Award
Two whistleblowers won their fight with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over the amount of money they could claim from a pool they helped the agency collect. Their victory could encourage more whistleblowers within federal agencies to come forward with key information. The dispute between the whistleblowers and the IRS centered on whether reward payments […]
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds $3.2 Million Verdict
In a major decision for state and federal whistleblower law, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a verdict worth $3.2 million in favor of an individual who was fired after exposing wrongdoing related to Pennsylvania Turnpike contracts and practices. The whistleblower had revealed a significant amount of waste in turnpike contracts, along with suspicious hiring practices […]
Whistleblower Files Retaliation Lawsuit Against Mecklenburg County
A whistleblower has filed a lawsuit against Mecklenburg County, alleging she was fired after speaking out about years’ worth of patient records and other critical medical documents that were piled up in an office at the county’s health department. The lawsuit comes after a 2017 scandal in which the health department failed to notify 185 […]
Former Chief Medical Officer Files Lawsuit Against Only Public Hospital in DC
Julian Craig, who previously served as chief medical officer at United Medical Center, the only public hospital in Washington, D.C., recently filed a lawsuit against the facility and its management consultants. In the lawsuit, Craig alleges his termination was retaliation for testifying in front of district lawmakers about problems that have occurred at the facility. […]
Whistleblower Raises Concerns About Conditions at Nursing Home
A woman in North Dakota recently contacted a whistleblower hotline with concerns about the living conditions at Fargo’s Manor Care Nursing Home. According to the whistleblower, she has a family member living there, and has experienced strong urine smells in the halls and elderly residents who are forced to sit in unchanged adult diapers for […]
Kool Smiles Dental Clinics to Pay Nearly $24 Million to Settle FCA Case
A national chain of dental clinics that has been connected to a pair of child deaths in Arizona will be forced to pay $23.9 million to the United States government and 17 states after it allegedly submitted false claims to Medicaid programs in those states. The settlement announcement came from the U.S. Department of Justice, […]
