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News & Analysis as of May 21, 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

New Illinois Court Decision Holds That No Punitive Damages Can Be Awarded In Survival Actions Involving Nursing Home Negligence

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 7/15/2010

Some of the substantial verdicts we have recently discussed at the Nursing Homes Abuse Blog here and here involve jury verdicts with punitive damage components. While some of these verdicts may seem excessive, most of the...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