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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

CMS Proposes to Increase Awards for Non-Qui Tam Whistleblowers

by Ellyn L. Sternfield | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/1/2013

CMS wants to change the way that it rewards non-qui tam whistleblowers who report alleged fraudulent or unlawful conduct related to Medicare or Medicaid. Using an IRS program as a model, CMS recently proposed rule changes to...more

Shorts on Long Term Care - August 2012: Heck No, I Won’t Go

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 8/6/2012

My office phone rings and it’s one of my favorite clients. We just finished working on an appeal of a resident discharge and were expecting the Division of Medical Assistance hearing officer decision any day. I felt pretty...more

New Laws for 2012

by Howard Ankin on 1/2/2012

As the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, more than 200 new laws will go into effect in Illinois including a database of first-degree murderers, stricter seat-belt enforcement and legislation that gives the public...more

New Jersey False Claims Act Is Not Retroactive

by Cheryl Picker on 10/14/2011

Qui tam claims by whistleblowers or relators are most commonly brought under the federal False Claims Act for 15-30% of whatever funds the Government recoups from Medicare fraud as an example. Yet, some states have legislated...more

Health Headlines - March 21, 2011

by King & Spalding on 3/21/2011

In This Issue: - Recent Prosecutions Reflect Heightened Focus by Regulators on Individual Liability of Healthcare Executives - HHS Proposes to Allow State Data Mining for Medicaid Fraud - Eleventh Circuit...more

Pfizer Agrees to First Neurontin Lawsuit Settlement

by Robert Kraft on 4/5/2010

Pfizer, the manufacturer of the epilepsy medication Neurontin has been involved in many claims by plaintiffs who blame the drug for creating suicidal tendencies. One such lawsuit, by a Massachusetts’ man’s survivors, has just...more

Ninth Circuit Overturns Attorney Fee Award Against the Government

by Barger & Wolen on 2/1/2010

Court finds that the government did not act frivolously in conducting a factual investigation In U.S.. v. Capener, 2010 DJDAR 392 (2010) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, overturned a fee award, rendered...more