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In 1986 the Civil False Claims Act (“FCA”) was amended to increase penalties from $2,000 to between $5,000 and $10,000 per false claim. In 1999, the penalties were raised to their present level of between $5,500 and $11,000 per false claims.  As a result of budget legislation just passed, the FCA penalties as well as Read more →

Tags : Civil False Claim Act

In a case involving a large physician practice represented by the Florida health law firm of Nicholson & Eastin, LLP, CMS reversed its decision to revoke the physician practice’s Medicare billing privileges, and immediately reinstated the billing privileges retroactive to the date of revocation. After deciding to cease operating its on-site lab operations, our Florida Read more →

Tags : Medicare Audit , Medicare Reimbursement

Only weeks after Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced that the government was going to take a harder line against individuals in corporate fraud cases, the government has charged the former CEO of Warner Chilcott. Carl Reichel was arrested in connection with a health care fraud, false claims and kickback investigation that has also lead Read more →

Tags : Health Care Fraud

In a case involving a Social Worker represented by the health care licensure defense attorneys at Nicholson & Eastin, LLP, the Probable Cause Panel for the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling determined that no probable cause of a violation existed and directed that the case be closed. Read more →

Tags : Professional Licensure Investigations

For what appears to be the first time, a False Claims Act whistleblower who received a reward in connection with the False Claims Act case also received a share of a subsequent CMP imposed by the HHS-OIG in a related enforcement action. As background, the False Claims Act case had been brought against Jack Baker, Read more →

Tags : False Claims Act