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Whistleblower Successes

					
Whistleblower reward laws and whistleblower reward programs enable qualifying whistleblowers to recover anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of the government鈥檚 recovery. These whistleblower reward laws include: the federal False Claims Act; State False Claims Acts; the Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower Program; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program; and, the Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Program. We have collected summaries of recent successes in cases brought by whistleblowers, and you can read them below. You can also review our annual Top Ten Lists.


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June 28, 2019

				 The nation鈥檚 largest operator of inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) has agreed to pay $48 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. 聽Three separate lawsuits filed by former contract physician Dr. Emese Simon, former director of therapy operations Melissa Higgins, and former medical director Dr. Darius Clarke, alleged a number of Encompass Health Corporation, f/k/a HealthSouth Corporation IDFs, falsely diagnosed patients with 鈥渄isuse myopathy鈥� and improperly admitted patients too sick or disabled to participate in physical therapy in order to earn higher reimbursements from Medicare.聽 The whistleblowers鈥� collective share of the settlement is $12.4 million.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
													  SNF, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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June 27, 2019

				 Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) has settled with the United States for alleged submissions of false claims to Medicare, TRICARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.聽 In a whistleblower suit by former AAMC employee Barbara McHenry, the Maryland-based hospital was accused of billing for medically unnecessary Evaluation and Management (E/M) services from 2010 to 2013, and doubled billing for E/M services from 2014 to 2017 despite a 2014 update from CMS.聽 As part of the settlement, AAMC will pay $3 million and comply with a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement, and McHenry will receive $473,100.聽 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Other Government Health Programs, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
June 24, 2019

				 The CFTC announced that a single whistleblower has been awarded $2.5 million.聽 Though the award was still substantial, according to the CFTC, it had been reduced due to an unreasonable delay in reporting the violations to the CFTC.聽 				 					 

						
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June 20, 2019

				 Pennsylvania-based Support of Microcomputers Associates (SOMA) has agreed to a $300,000 judgment for violating the False Claims Act and Trade Agreements Act.聽 The Trade Agreements Act prohibits the sale of computer supplies manufactured in certain countries to some federal agencies, such as the Department of Defense.聽 However, according to a former SOMA executive鈥檚 lawsuit, the company allegedly sold federal agencies computer supplies made in China, Vietnam, and other non-compliant countries.聽 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Trade Agreements, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
June 20, 2019

				 Hart to Heart Ambulance Services, d/b/a Hart to Heart Transportation Services, has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare by submitting claims for medically unnecessary services, violating the False Claims Act.聽 Allegations were first brought to the government鈥檚 attention by former employee, Bryan Arvey, who alleged that from 2010 to 2017, Hart to Heart management pressured employees to falsify claims for non-emergency ambulance transports, such as hospital discharges.聽 For aiding in the recovery of public funds, Arvey will receive a share of $251,000.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Ambulance, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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June 11, 2019

				 A Maryland-based medical device manufacturer facing criminal charges and civil charges under the False Claims Act has agreed to pay $15 million to settle all claims.聽 According to former employee and whistleblower John Murtaugh, when the company discovered that its MicroMatrix wound dressing powder was contaminated with high levels of endotoxins, it allegedly removed certain MicroMatrix products off the market, but failed to report the removal to the FDA and disclose the reason to doctors, hospitals, and its own sales representatives.聽 ACell also allegedly caused false claims to be submitted to federal healthcare programs by directing its sales representatives to market the product as safe and effective, providing coding recommendations designed to elicit higher payments from Medicare, and providing improper inducements to encourage use of its product.聽 As part of the settlement, Murtaugh will receive $2.3 million, and ACell will enter into a 5-year corporate integrity agreement.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medical Devices and DME, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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June 5, 2019

				 Opioid manufacturer Insys Therapeutics will pay $225 million to resolve federal criminal and civil claims against it regarding the unlawful marketing of its drug Subsys, including the payment of kickbacks to providers through sham "speaker programs" that rewarded practitioners who increased their Subsys prescribing, as well as jobs for prescribers' relatives and friends, and lavish meals and entertainment.聽 $195 million of the settlement will be paid to resolve False Claim Act allegations in five separate whistleblower lawsuits in which the government intervened in 2018; the whistleblower reward shares have not yet been determined.聽 To resolve the criminal claims, Insys will pay $2 million and forfeit $28 million; its operating subsidiary will plead guilty to wire fraud and related charges.聽 In addition, Insys entered into a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement and a five-year deferred prosecution agreement. Previously, five former Insys executives were convicted of racketeering in connection with Subsys marketing.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Off-Label and Unapproved Use, 
													  Pharma Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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June 3, 2019

				 Rialto Capital Management LLC (Rialto) and its former affiliate, RL BB-IN KRE LLC (RL BB), have agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that a RL BB hospital聽violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, and the False Claims Act.聽 A qui tam lawsuit filed by Dr. Abdul Buridi had revealed that Indiana-based Kentuckiana Medical Center, under Rialto鈥檚 direction, had provided personal loans to two referring doctors and then failed to collect on those loans after they became due in full.聽 Of the $3.6 million recovered, Dr. Buridi will receive $612,000.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
June 3, 2019

				 The SEC made a $3 million whistleblower award to be shared by multiple anonymous whistleblowers who jointly submitted a tip to the SEC Whistleblower Program regarding their employer.聽 The tip, reporting an alleged securities law violation that impacted retail investors, led to a successful enforcement action by the SEC.聽 The SEC also noted that the whistleblowers had undertaken significant efforts to report the issues internally and seek to have them corrected.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Securities Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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May 31, 2019

				 A Kansas hospital accused of submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a qui tam suit by Bashar Awad and Cynthia McKerrigan, with about $50,000 of the recovery going to the whistleblowers.聽 According to the suit, from 2012 to 2013, Coffey Health System falsely attested to having conducted or reviewed security risk analyses of electronic health records (EHR), which was a requirement under a federal incentive program that pays healthcare providers for adopting certified EHR technology.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Certifications, 
													  Electronic Health Records, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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