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Whistleblowers: Protecting Virginia’s Healthcare Integrity
Whistleblowers: Protecting Virginia’s Healthcare Integrity 1200 800 Bo Frith

As attorneys specializing in whistleblower cases, we’ve witnessed firsthand the critical role whistleblowers play in safeguarding our community’s healthcare system and protecting taxpayer dollars. The U.S. Department of Justice’s latest report for fiscal year 2024 confirms what we’ve long known: whistleblowers are the unsung heroes in the fight against fraud.…

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Chesapeake Hospital: Fraud, Betrayal, and the Fight for Accountability
Chesapeake Hospital: Fraud, Betrayal, and the Fight for Accountability 800 800 Bo Frith

Chesapeake, Virginia—not exactly the place you’d expect to find a hotbed of medical malpractice and conspiracy. Yet here we are, staring down the barrel of an indictment that has it all: unnecessary surgeries, bloated billing schemes, and a betrayal of trust so deep it makes you question everything you thought…

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Virginia Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads to Multimillion Dollar Settlement by Inova Health
Virginia Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads to Multimillion Dollar Settlement by Inova Health 1200 797 Bo Frith

On November 15, 2024, the Department of Justice announced that Inova Health System, a major healthcare system in Northern Virginia, agreed to pay $2.37 million to resolve allegations of fraudulent healthcare billing. The settlement underscores the critical role whistleblowers play in exposing fraudulent practices in the healthcare industry. The Allegations…

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Roanoke Lawsuit Alleging Healthcare Fraud Settles for $85 Million
Roanoke Lawsuit Alleging Healthcare Fraud Settles for $85 Million 900 682 Bo Frith

Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, based in Roanoke, Virginia, recently helped plaintiffs settle one of the largest “opt out” pharmaceutical drug recovery settlements on record. The $85 million settlement was entered on July 8, 2024, by Virginia pharmaceutical company Indivior, agreeing to resolve a lawsuit alleging healthcare fraud. The scheme…

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2023 Highest Number of Whistleblower Resolutions in History
2023 Highest Number of Whistleblower Resolutions in History 1200 797 Bo Frith

The Department of Justice announced settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.68 billion in 2023. In total, 543 settlement and verdicts occurred–the highest number ever in one year. Healthcare fraud continued to lead the way with cases involving including Medicare Advantage, unnecessary services, and unlawful kickbacks at…

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Financial Advisor Fraud
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We’ve written before about the explosive growth of whistleblower lawsuits for financial fraud, especially with COVID funds. Just this week, the SEC levied fines of $18 million against JP Morgan.[1] The megabank JP Morgan Chase will pay a $18 million fine as part of a settlement with the U.S. Securities…

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Southwest Virginia Home Health Company Charged With Fraud
Southwest Virginia Home Health Company Charged With Fraud 1200 800 Bo Frith

This week, nine people were charged with healthcare fraud involving a company that provided home care to residents of Western Virginia. A recently unsealed November 2023 indictment revealed the extent of the scheme. All nine individuals that were charged were owners or employees of Adult N Pediatric Healthcare Service, a…

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Healthcare Fraud: A Call for Whistleblowers
Healthcare Fraud: A Call for Whistleblowers 1200 800 Dan Frith

I recently read an article in the June/July edition of the AARP Magazine on healthcare fraud. The article was titled, “The $80 Million Healthcare Fraud,” and described the criminal activity of a family of chiropractors who operated the Dolson Avenue Medical Clinic in New York.  It appears the two brothers,…

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Home Health Care and Fraud
Home Health Care and Fraud 1200 800 Dan Frith

Many elderly Americans need medical care at home…they don’t need or want to be in hospital and certainly want to avoid being placed in nursing home.  What these individuals need is trained and attentive home health services…and most of the providers (nurses and nursing aids) are just that…competent and caring…

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Whistleblowers for Opioid Fraud
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One of the most common areas for whistleblowers is the opioid crisis. As chronicled in countless books, podcasts, and TV shows, the opioid industry is rife with fraud. In 2020 and 2021 alone, the Justice Department secured settlements in excess of $3 billion arising from whistleblower and False Claims Act…

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