September 30, 2011 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
From NY Times By Kathleen Sharp The Obama administration announced a plan to cut $320 billion over 10 years from the projected growth of Medicare and Medicaid. The plan would raise premiums and deductibles, lower payments to hospitals and require elderly people who receive care at home to make co-payments. But before charging consumers more […]
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August 17, 2011 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
John Yanchunis, Jillian Estes, Jesse Hoyer James Hoyer Associates Jillian Estes and Jesse Hoyer successfully completed the 2011 Top Gun Triathlon at Fort DeSoto Park on July 30th. The triathlon included a .25 mile swim, completed by Estes, and a 3.1 miles run, completed by Hoyer. It was Estes 4th triathlon competition and Hoyer’s 1st. […]
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August 08, 2011 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
From the Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 8, 2011 U.S. Files Complaint Against Education Management Corp. Alleging False Claims Act ViolationsWASHINGTON – The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in a whistleblower suit pending under the False Claims Act against Education Management Corp. (EDMC) and several […]
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August 08, 2011 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Al Scudieri, the Lead Investigator for the James Hoyer Law Firm, has been elected as the 2012 President of The Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inc Nearly 8,000 former FBI agents strong, the organization supports the FBI itself as well as former agents that have health or economic problems. […]
Learn MoreJune 14, 2011 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Bay Area Sleep Associates LLC, dba SomnoMedics LLC, and its owner, Edward Killmer Jr., the Justice Department announced today. The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleges that the defendants violated the FCA by […]
Learn MoreJanuary 13, 2011 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
From DotMed.com: Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates (MIMA), one of Brevard County, Florida’s largest physician groups, says it is in the process of settling with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding a False Claims suit, which alleges that MIMA had engaged in Medicare fraud. The original qui tam(whistleblower) suit was brought by the director of radiation oncology […]
Learn MoreJanuary 13, 2011 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
From Justice.gov: (HOUSTON) – HMS Diagnostics Inc. (HMSD Inc.), HMS Diagnostics LLC, (HMSD LLC), Health Management Services Inc. (HMS Inc.) and John Carl Goodman have paid more than $550,0000 in damages to settle alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. While not admitting liability, HMSD Inc., […]
Learn MoreNovember 23, 2010 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
For fiscal 2010, which ended in September, such recoveries totaled $3 billion in civil judgments and settlements, the department said in a news release. About three-quarters of that amount resulted from so-called “qui tam” lawsuits brought by whistleblowers who are then entitled to between 15 percent and 30 percent of the money recovered. For fiscal […]
Learn MoreNovember 22, 2010 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
From Justice.gov: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice secured $3 billion in civil settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, announced today. This includes $2.5 billion in health care fraud recoveries—the largest in history—and represents […]
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October 10, 2010 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Senior Partner John Yanchunis, Associate Sean Estes Run Marathons for Charity Recently, Senior Partner John Yanchunis ran the ING New York City Marathon to support Team For Kids. Sean Estes ran the 10/10/10 race in Chicago to benefit the American Brain Tumor Association.
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August 10, 2010 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Please join us in congratulating James Hoyer Senior Partner John Yanchunis for receiving the Florida Bar Foundation’s “President’s Award for Excellence.” The award is a great honor. It recognizes outstanding leadership in promoting the Foundation’s mission to help provide legal assistance to the poor. John secured a cy pres award for nearly $300,000 for the […]
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August 01, 2010 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
It’s always been possible — in theory — for whistleblowers to earn rewards for reporting certain types of wrongdoing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, but the new SEC whistleblower provisions in the recently-enacted financial reform act open the door to multi-million dollar awards for whistleblowers who report securities fraud to the government. The Federal […]
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