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Person Wearing Blue Sterile Gloves - setting a good example, representing healthcare fraud

OIG Reports on Home Health Care Fraud

The U.S. Government is stepping up enforcement efforts against home health services fraud according to an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) alert recently published. In a separate June 2016 report from OIG, Medicare estimates that it spent approximately $18.4 billion to reimburse more than 11,000 home health agencies. Of that amount, the Medicare Fee-for-Service...
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Close up of books - False Claims Act and whistleblower immunity

Co-Relator Sharing Agreements in Cases of Multiple Relators

A recent Illinois Appeals Court tackled the appropriateness of an agreement to share the proceeds of a qui tam lawsuit between a whistleblower and a silent (non-whistleblower) partner. We’ve never covered this topic here, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to look at how and why relators cooperate. Multiple relators can become...
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