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A whistleblower lawsuit has been filed against nine Minnesota doctors alleging that they received kickbacks from Medtronic Inc.; the Minnesota based medical device company that has seen its share of scandals, recalls and lawsuits.
→ Read MoreThe Federal False Claims Act authorizes suits by private citizens against those who commit fraud in the procurement of government funds. Qui Tam is short for a latin term used to describe these types of cases.
→ Read MoreThe whistleblower provision of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which was signed into law by President Bush in August, provides over 20 million employees with protection against retaliation from their employers when reporting defective and hazardous consumer goods.
→ Read MoreGlobal pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has agreed to pay approximately $1.4 billion in fines, damages and penalties to settle several whistleblower lawsuits. The lawsuits alleged that the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs in connection with Zyprexa, its anti-psychotic drug. It is thought to be largest whistleblower, or Qui Tam, settlement in U.S. history.
→ Read MoreMany people who discover that their employer is defrauding the government consider bringing a Qui Tam, or whistleblower, lawsuit – but are concerned about their employer retaliating against them. In a recent interview, our expert explained how whistleblowers are protected from employer retaliation.
→ Read MoreThe Amerigroup Corporation recently settled claims alleging that it defrauded Illinois’s Medicaid program by not enrolling pregnant women and unhealthy patients in the state’s low income program – something it was required to do. An Amerigroup employee was the first to bring a lawsuit against the company which ended up costing it $225 million.
→ Read MoreA whistleblower lawsuit filed by Medtronic Inc.’s former senior legal counsel, Amy Kelley, alleges that the company provided doctors with shocking “perks” in exchange for using Medtronic’s spinal products during surgery. This is only one of several whistleblower lawsuits filed against the company, but wait until you read the accusations in this lawsuit…
→ Read MoreEla Medical, a pacemaker manufacturer, settled a qui tam / whistle-blower lawsuit for $9.2 million over allegations of doctor kickbacks and Medicare fraud.
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