In its opinion handed down today in United States ex rel. Goldberg v. Rush University Medical Center, the Seventh Circuit reaffirmed a broad understanding of the public disclosure bar in the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Prior to 2009, the statutory language barred suits “based upon” allegations which had previously been…
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit released its opinion on Tuesday in the case of United States ex rel. Davis v. District of Columbia, No. 11-7039 (D.C. Cir. May, 15 2012), rejecting the Circuit’s previous restrictive reading of the “original source” provision of the False…
The American Hopsital Association (AHA) recently issued critical comments in response to a proposed rule concerning the reporting and returning of overpayments paid to health care providers and suppliers by a federal health care program such as Medicare and Medicaid. The proposed rule, issued on February 16, 2012 and listed in…
Cheryl Eckard, the whistleblower responsible for the recent GlaxoSmithKline settlement, recently received a reward of $96 million — the largest award in history to a single whistleblower. As a result of her whistleblowing activities, many sources have labeled Eckard as a “role model for whistleblowers.” In a statement given Tuesday,…