Whistleblower Cases

Whistleblower Cases

whistleblower cases
There are many types of Whistleblower cases, but one of the most common is where a Whistleblower reports someone who is defrauding Medicare or some other agency of the federal government. Federal and state laws provide that the first person to tip off the government that they’re being ripped off can receive a percentage of whatever money the government recovers back from those who committed the fraud, which often ranges into the millions of dollars. But the key being eligible for a Whistleblower award (called a “Relator’s Award”) is to be the first person to tell the government – which can create a “race to the courthouse.” If you think a hospice, home health agency, hospital lab, community pharmacy, or some other health care provider is falsifying their bills to Medicare, or isn’t reimbursing Medicare what they should, you may have a whistleblower case. In fact, anytime someone is deceiving the federal government in order to get the government to pay them money they shouldn’t be getting, they may be subject to a Whistleblower case. 

Pharmaceutical and medical device companies have also been the subject of Whistleblower cases, for a variety of reasons. These include situations where company sales representatives bribe physicians or other health care professionals to prescribe their drugs or medical devices for conditions not approved for payment by Medicare.

Whistleblower cases include situations where government contractors are supplying goods or services to the federal government, including to the defense department, but are either billing the government for goods or services they didn’t really provide, or are providing goods or services that do not meet the requirements of their government contract.

The attorneys at Marchand Law have handled many health care whistleblower cases, and also cases involving whistleblower claims against government contractors. But since the law and procedures for whistleblower cases are very complex, you should contact an experienced whistleblower attorney as soon as possible and, most importantly, you shouldn’t discuss your potential case with anyone other than your attorney as doing so could cause you to lose your rights to any award in the case.

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