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News roundup: Physician assistant impersonators tangled up in fraud
Physicians' assistants and unlicensed people posing as them have captured headlines recently for perpetrating or witnessing alleged and proven healthcare fraud.
DaVita Healthcare Partners settles False Claims case for $389M
DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. agreed to pay $350 million and forfeit another $39 million to settle allegations of paying kickbacks for patient referrals in violation of the False Claims Act the Department of Justice announced. DaVita is a Denver-based dialysis provider serving nearly 170,000 patients nationwide, according to The Denver Post.
Carondelet whistleblower keeps fighting amid calls for better protections
Jacqueline Nash Bloink, the whistleblower who collected nearly $6 million for reporting overbilling by Arizona's Carondelet Health Network, isn't nestling into a lazy lifestyle financed by her share of the recovery. Instead, she's on a mission to help others fight fraud, the Arizona Star reported.
Whistleblowers find friends in high places
Good news for those who report wrong-doing by government contractors: Congress will draft legislation to shore up whistleblower protections, and an appeals court ruled that whistleblowers aren't necessarily required to cite specific examples of fraud.
Blowing the whistle on fraud may be hazardous to your career
For some whistleblowers, reporting misconduct in the workplace is worth the risk of termination or other kinds of retaliation. In addition to exposing wrongdoing, they may receive a portion of a large settlement. But that's only one part of the story.
Hospitals must address employee fraud reports with procedural fairness
As the government makes it easier for hospital employees to report fraud and quality issues, and as social media gives disgruntled employees an outlet to air dirty laundry, hospitals must work employees to make them feel comfortable addressing concerns internally, Hospitals & Health Networks reported.
What payers need to know about the False Claims Act
FierceHealthPayer:Anti-Fraud spoke to Sean McKenna, J.D., to learn how the False Claims Act--a federal law dating back to the Lincoln administration--helps combat healthcare fraud.
Unscrupulous whistleblowers face the music
Employers have more options to act against bad faith relators in False Claims cases, according to JDSupra Business Advisor.
The perils and plaudits of whistleblowing
The federal government and the whistleblower community scored another big win last week when Amedisys, Inc. agreed to a $150 million settlement to resolve allegations of false home healthcare and...
Can employers use confidentiality agreements to block fraud reporting?
Ongoing congressional investigation of U.S. military contractor KBR raises the question of whether government contractors can use confidentiality agreements to prevent staff from disclosing allegations of waste, fraud, or abuse to government agencies, Congress or inspectors general, Stars and Stripes reported.