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California Fights Back Against S&P – False Claims Act Suit Against Credit Rating Giant

One day after the United States government accused Wall Street’s biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, of ratings inflation on mortgage-backed securities, the California Attorney General filed an additional suit claiming the credit ratings company violated the state’s False Claims Act (FCA). California joins twelve other states […]

Will Final Rule for Sunshine Act Decrease Medical Fraud?

On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a long-delayed final rule for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. The Sunshine Act requires all drug, medical device, and biological or medical supply manufacturers to carefully track and report all payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals. […]

Texas is Leading the Charge in Whistleblower Lawsuits

After cracking down on Medicaid fraud for over a decade, The Texas Attorney General’s Office recently reached two historic milestones. Since 2002, the Civil Medicaid Fraud Division’s recoveries in the State of Texas passed the $400 million mark, while total recoveries for the state and federal governments presently exceed $1 […]

Another Scandal for Orthofix as Former Employee Sentenced for Medicare Fraud

Yet another former manager with Orthofix pled guilty to forging former patient medical records in an attempt to justify reimbursement for procedures involving bone growth products.

The SEC Whistleblower Program

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is the federal agency responsible for regulating the securities industry and for enforcing federal securities laws. The SEC protects the public against fraudulent and manipulative practices in the securities markets. Congress created the SEC Whistleblower Program as a way to offer incentives to those people who have […]