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July 06, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A little over two weeks ago, the Supreme Court unanimously issued a decision in Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar that has drawn diverse reactions from the whistleblower plaintiff and defense bars as to how it will apply to future whistleblower cases. We’ve talked about Escobar twice on this blog, here […]
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June 15, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it issued a whistleblower award of $17 million to an anonymous whistleblower. The award is the second-largest whistleblower award since the program started five years ago. The largest award came in September 2014, when the SEC awarded more than $30 million to a whistleblower for […]
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June 07, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Impact of Employment Releases on Qui Tam Cases Whistleblowers often run into this situation: they’ve done the right thing to report suspicious conduct up the company’s chain of command only to be rewarded by being told that their services are no longer needed. While they collect their belongings, the company offers a lump sum of […]
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May 27, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Earlier this month the Railroad Retirement Board announced in the May 2nd Federal Register that the statutory penalties associated with False Claims Act cases would be going way up. The underlying legislation spurring the increase is the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. Pursuant to the Act, the new, post-adjustment minimum penalty for a […]
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May 26, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer interviewed by ABC Action News James Hoyer partner Jesse Hoyer is an expert on for-profit college whistleblower cases having handled several over the past several years, including False Claims Act cases against EDMC, Corinthian Colleges, and Ed4Mil. ABC Action News in Tampa talked with Hoyer for a follow-up report on the […]
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May 26, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Prime Healthcare Whistleblower Karin Berntsen The federal government is joining the whistleblower case of James Hoyer client Karin Berntsen against Prime Healthcare Services, its founder Dr. Prem Reddy, and more than a dozen of its hospitals. Prime is a fast growing company that owns more than 40 hospitals nationwide. The whistleblower suit, which was unsealed in […]
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May 03, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange Late last month, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange urged Alabama lawmakers to establish a False Claims Act for the state in order to increase the funds available for medical services for Alabama’s most needy citizens. Strange observed that “Medicaid is a lifeline” to a fifth of the population and that […]
Learn MoreApril 27, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Department of Justice filed criminal charges in a military education whistleblower case first exposed by whistleblower and James Hoyer client Adam Boyce. Boyce came forward to the government after concerns that Army National Guard members were being subjected to a bait and switch for online certificate courses, that were marked up in cost by […]
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April 15, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Most whistleblower cases are brought to recover the ill-gotten gains of fraud committed against the government. Most cases arise in the healthcare field, but many stem from military contracts, educational grants, and even environmental fraud. One area that is often overlooked by whistleblowers is the opportunity to bring insurance fraud cases on behalf of private […]
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April 06, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Dr. Judith Robinson The James Hoyer whistleblower case against HealthNet and IU Health, the largest health system in Indiana, will move forward. The suit, brought by Dr. Judith Robinson, an ob/gyn and former director at both entities, alleges HealthNet and IU Health provided substandard care to low income pregnant women and fraudulently billed for their […]
Learn MoreMarch 09, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The federal government recovered $2.4 billion from healthcare fraud judgments in 2015, according to the Department of Justice. A portion of the money recovered came as the result of work by the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program, which coordinates federal, state and local law enforcement to fight healthcare fraud. In addition, DOJ obtained […]
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March 07, 2016 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
James Hoyer paralegal Jan Brown and attorneys Jesse Hoyer and Sean Estes at the event It was a great day to support pro bono work in Hillsborough County Saturday at the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s 5K Pro Bono River Run and Judicial Pig Roast. James Hoyer Law Firm attorneys Jesse Hoyer and Sean Estes, along […]
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