At Bracker & Marcus, we are passionate about providing updates and keeping our community informed on news and law regulations related to the False Claims Act throughout the United States.
As anyone involved in healthcare during the Covid pandemic can attest, there was an enormous amount of confusion about what providers could and could not do, and how they should [...]
The False Claims Act (FCA) imposes liability on individuals and organizations that defraud the government by submitting false or fraudulent claims for payment. When private whistleblowers discover such fraudulent activity, [...]
The seal protects the Government’s investigation, the Defendant’s privacy, and the whistleblower’s employment. The False Claims Act requires that every new case be filed under seal. Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. [...]
A recent Law 360 article titled “The Hottest FCA Cases and Trends to Watch in 2022” starts its round up of “the new FCA frontiers that lawsuits are beginning to [...]
When the federal government unleashed the Paycheck Protection Program, it quickly became obvious that while it would help many people and businesses in need, it would likely be plagued with [...]
At this point, the COVID pandemic and its ongoing implications for public health and policy is a constant topic of debate. We are not here to discuss any of the [...]
The whistleblowers alleged that the hospital was improperly billing split/shared visits as if patients were seen by a physician when they were only seen by a midlevel provider. Right [...]
Mediation is an efficient and effective option for resolving False Claims Act lawsuits Here in Georgia, autumn has rolled in seemingly overnight. The yelling from the playground across the street [...]
Department of Justice may once again use internal agency guidance to enforce the rule of law In January 2018, then-Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand issued a memo, known as the [...]
On July 26, 2021, a bipartisan group of senators, guided by long-time False Claims Act champion, Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced a bill to amend the federal False Claims Act (FCA). [...]
