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United States Files Suit Against Orlando, Florida, based Air Ideal and its Owner, Kim Amfraut, for Allegedly Submitting False Claims Under HUBZone Program

December 02, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The United States has filed a complaint against Orlando, Florida, based Air Ideal Inc. and its owner, Kim Amkraut, for allegedly making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to obtain certification as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) company, the Justice Department announced today. “The HUBZone program is intended to create jobs in […]

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James Hoyer Prime Hospital Case Takes Major Step Forward

December 01, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Karin Berntsen – James Hoyer Client The whistleblower case filed against Prime Healthcare by James Hoyer client Karin Berntsen has cleared a major hurdle.  The defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the case was denied in its entirety.  Judge Patrick Walsh of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California wrote: Based on these allegations, […]

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United States Files False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Hospice for Billing Medicare and Medicaid for Ineligible Patients

November 26, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The United States has filed suit against Creekside Hospice II LLC, Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. (SKG), its holding company, and Skilled Healthcare LLC (SKH), an administrative services subsidiary of SKG that operates Creekside (collectively the Creekside entities), alleging that these entities knowingly submitted ineligible claims for hospice services and inflated claims for patient visits to […]

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DOJ Releases FY2014 Statistics, Record False Claims Act Recoveries

November 21, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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On the heels of the SEC’s recent report of its whistleblower statistics, the Department of Justice released statistics detailing the staggering False Claims Act recoveries in FY2014.  In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, the United States obtained a record $5.69 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving false or fraudulent claims […]

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DOJ Announces Record Recovery for False Claims Act in 2014

November 20, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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The Department of Justice announced today it recovered nearly $6 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2014.  It is the first annual recovery to exceed $5 Billion.  More than 700 Whistleblower Lawsuits were filed for second consecutive year. Noted in the DOJ news release: “It has been an extraordinary year for civil […]

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SEC Annual Report Highlights More Awards, Increase in Whistleblower Tips

November 19, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Photo Credit: SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the Whistleblower released its 2014 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program. According to the report, the SEC issued more whistleblower rewards in Fiscal Year 2014 than every previous year combined.  Recently, the SEC authorized an award of more than $30 million to […]

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Founding Partner Chris Hoyer Interviewed about Grand Juries

November 18, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Al Tompkins – Poynter Institute As the country awaits the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri on whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, the question of what exactly a grand jury does is of prime interest. Al Tompkins, a Senior Faculty Member at the Poynter Institute and […]

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Careall Companies Agree to Pay $25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

November 12, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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CareAll Management LLC and its affiliated entities (collectively “CareAll”) have agreed to pay $25 million, plus interest, to the United States and the state of Tennessee to resolve allegations that CareAll violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and upcoded home healthcare billings to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Department of Justice announced […]

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Whistleblowers Make a Difference, Study Finds

November 04, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A study released last week by the Social Science Research Network proves what False Claims Act attorneys have known all along: whistleblowers matter. Four researchers evaluated penalties for misrepresentation from the Department of Justice and the Securities & Exchange Commission from 1978 to 2012.  The researchers controlled several factors and then compared cases that involved […]

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Oklahoma company Ocean Dental agrees to pay $5.05M fraud settlement

November 03, 2014 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said preventing fraud is a priority to ensure that people who truly need assistance can get it. Ocean Dental had been accused of submitting false claims to the Oklahoma Medicaid program for dental restorations by former employee Robin Lockwood between January 2005 and September 2010. Lockwood was sentenced to 18 […]

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