Trump Administration Invites Health Care Industry to Help Rewrite Ban on Kickbacks WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has labored zealously to cut federal regulations, but its latest move has still astonished some experts on health care: It has asked for recommendations to relax rules that prohibit kickbacks and other payments intended to influence care for...

  Signed into law on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”) narrowed the bar against bringing suits based on public disclosure by restricting the public disclosure bar to only information publicly disclosed at the Federal level – not at the State or Local level. The Affordable Care...

  Since the revitalization of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by the 1986 Amendments, the U.S. Government has aggressively pursued civil, criminal, and administrative actions against those who swindle money from the Federal treasury. Since there is no shortage of corrupt contractors, the Government and regulators have been busy. The Department of Justice reported, in...

  A recently passed law in the state of New York will allow IRS whistleblowers to file qui tam lawsuits against the wealthy who cheat on their taxes under the False Claims Act. Under the qui tam law, whistleblowers who file suits against those who defraud the government can receive a portion of the potential...