Tag Archives: health care professionals
Doctors Split $2.7 Million False Claims Act Settlement
Two doctors will split a $2.7 million award after winning a False Claims Act lawsuit in which they claimed another physician at a nonprofit hospital in Florida was performing unnecessary cardiac studies and procedures. The total settlement was worth $12 million. The doctors filed the lawsuit against South Miami Hospital and one of its physicians […]
Corporate Whistleblower Center Encourages Physicians, Health Care Professionals to Come Forward
The Corporate Whistleblower Center, an advocacy group that aims to protect whistleblowers against retaliation, is encouraging more professionals within the health care industry to come forward when they discover wrongdoing within their organizations. In a recent news release, the center urged physicians, health care managers and other professionals to call its offices whenever they find […]
