Whistleblowers help the government recoup $9.3 billion
Compliance Monitor, September 3, 2008
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
Whistleblowers helped the U.S. government recover $9.3 billion in healthcare fraud cases between 1996 and 2005, according to a report analyzing Department of Justice (DOJ) records.
Of the money the government recovered, it then paid more than $1 billion to whistleblowers who, under the law, get 15% to 25% of the amount received in such cases.
Whistleblowers initiate over 90% of the government’s healthcare fraud lawsuits, and the DOJ rejects three-quarters of the whistleblower cases presented, according to an Associated Press (AP) article about the report.
The report’s authors, Aaron S. Kesselheim of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and David M. Studdert of the University of Melbourne in Australia, expressed an interest in reviewing more whistleblower lawsuits to identify what type of allegations lead to recoveries so that the DOJ can fast-track such cases.
To read the full AP article click here.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
Comments
0 comments on “Whistleblowers help the government recoup $9.3 billion ”
Related Products
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Learn Life Safety Code tips and interpretations for healthcare facilities with this in-depth monthly resource.
-
Medical Environment Update
Timely medical compliance news from OSHA, CDC, EPA, and other regulatory agencies!
-
Bloodborne Pathogens Training Video
Meets OSHA requirements for training employees on the bloodborne pathogens standard!
-
Hazard Communication Standard Training Video
Meets OSHA requirements for training employees on the Hazard Communication Standard!
-
Needlestick Prevention Training Video
Highlighting the five most frequent needlestick scenarios, this training video instructs frontline healthcare staff on on...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Q&A: Acute respiratory failure diagnosis does not require intubation
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- Oxygen Cylinder Storage Requirements
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- Understand the spine to code back procedures correctly
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Searched