Whistleblower Suit Leads to Doctor Paying $625K for Alleged False Claims Act Breaches
June 7th, 2023 by Mike Bothwell
The whistleblower, Amy Vermillion, “brought a case [the government] never would have known about, [and theDefendants] would have continued the fraud if it wasn’t for her bringing this…
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Health Co. Asks High Court To Rein In FCA Pleading Rules
March 22nd, 2022 by Mike Bothwell
Full Article here. Molina Health has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rein in pleading requirements for False Claims Act whistleblowers, saying that a circuit divide has loosened…
Read MoreBothwell Law | Attorneys Hope For Clarity With Justices’ Interest In Fraud Claims
October 29th, 2021 by Mike Bothwell
Article by Jennifer Doherty – Full Article here. Whistleblowers and contractors have struggled for more than a decade with inconsistent standards across the country for bringing forward fraud…
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Justice Department Recovers Over $2.2 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2020
January 21st, 2021 by Mike Bothwell
Below is a clip from The Justice Department, full article here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-recovers-over-22-billion-false-claims-act-cases-fiscal-year-2020 The Department of Justice obtained more than $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases…
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Georgia Cracking Down on Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
September 28th, 2020 by Mike Bothwell
$520,000 False Claims Act settlement is second this week. The state of Georgia is cracking down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud. If there’s any doubt on that score,…
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DOJ Targets Funders as Eleventh Cir. Upholds Whistleblower Win
August 28th, 2020 by Mike Bothwell
Below is a clip from Bloomberg Law, full article here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/federal-contracting/doj-targets-funders-as-eleventh-cir-upholds-whistleblower-win A $255 million Medicare fraud award will stand after the Eleventh Circuit refused Thursday to reconsider a…
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Universal Health Services, Inc. And Related Entities To Pay $122 Million To Settle False Claims Act
July 24th, 2020 by Mike Bothwell
Universal Health Services, Inc. And Related Entities To Pay $122 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating To Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Behavioral Health Services And Illegal Kickbacks…
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Hospice to pay $1.75 million to resolve false claims act allegations
March 6th, 2020 by Mike Bothwell
The USDJ Northern District recently published the below. See a portion below: ATLANTA – STG Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (“STG Healthcare”) and two of its senior executives, Paschal…
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Throw Out Your Assumptions About Whistleblowing
January 20th, 2020 by Mike Bothwell
Harvard Business Review recently published the below. See a portion below: Whistleblowing stories are all over the news. Some observers have attributed this to a systemic change in…
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Justice Department Recovers over $3 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2019
January 13th, 2020 by Mike Bothwell
The United States Justice Department recently published the below article. See a portion below: The Department of Justice obtained more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from…
Read MoreJudge v. Jury: $350 Million Medicare Award at Stake in Atlanta
December 2nd, 2019 by Mike Bothwell
Whistleblower attorney Mike Bothwell was a tops quoted source in the article below: Full Article Link The invalidation of a Florida jury’s nearly $350 million Medicare fraud verdict…
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Trump & our thoughts on why we should protect Whistleblowers
November 15th, 2019 by Mike Bothwell
USA Today recently published the following article “Trump’s allies want to ID the whistleblower, who may learn the price of speaking out“. Here are our my thoughts. Shortly…
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