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government, otherwise known as a qui tam action. This qui tam plaintiff, referred to as a relator, is entitled to a bounty between 15% and 25% of the settlement amount in the situation where the government proceeds with the action brought by the relator. In the case where the government doesn’t proceed with the action, the relator is entitled to between 25% and 30% of the settlement amount. Traditionally there was a bar that limited a relator from bringing a qui tam action under the FCA and thus being

* The False Claims Act During the civil war, the False Claims Act (FCA) was passed to prevent the fraud committed by companies that were selling supplies to the Union Army. The Act contained qui tam provisions which authorized citizens to speak out against those deceiving companies. The public awareness of the FCA has been growing since the passage of the 1986 amendments. The number of whistleblowers cases that were filed has grown significantly

The Medicare bill was signed into law on July 30, 1965 by President Johnson. The signage came long after an attempt by President Truman to develop a national insurance fund that could be utilized by all Americans. During the signing of the bill, President Johnson explained that with the Medicare program an individual can insure themselves against illness that may present during their senior years. Additionally, he commented that there were more than 18 million low income Americans who are greater

Officer of the state’s largest Obstetric Health Care Center, this author is responsible for complaints regarding fraudulent behavior in the center. The purpose of this report is to (1) evaluate how the Healthcare Qui tam affects health care organizations, (2) provide four examples of Qui Tam cases that exist in a variety of health care organizations, (3) devise a procedure for admission into a health care facility that upholds the law about the required number of Medicare and Medicaid referrals, (4) recommend

advantage of this behavior is that the Whistleblowers feel a deep satisfaction making a substantial contribution toward the welfare of society. Of course, personal gratification isn’t the only benefit of becoming a whistleblower. For example, in qui tam cases under the federal False Claims Act, Congress decided to give whistleblowers

Being a Whistle Blower To some the word whistleblower just sounds like a bad thing to be called. So what is a whistle blower you may ask? A whistleblower is a person who informs on a person or an organization engaged in an illicit activity. So what are the pro to being a whistleblower, better yet what are the cons as well? Some of the pros are that the person who is a whistleblower is a courageous individual who recognize a wrong and are willing to take risks in order to see that the wrongs are

1.0 Introduction The advent of the technological revolution has fundamentally changed the access that citizens within a democracy have to sensitive and private information about governments, organisations, workplaces and fellow citizens. It is incumbent upon individuals to honour the privacy of this information. The protection of sensitive information is considered paramount, yet anyone with information that they feel is in the public interest and is faced with no avenues to make their concerns

Sharon Watkins earned her 15 minutes of fame the honest way, as the Enron employee who blew the lid off of then CEO Ken Lay's debauchery. But for every celebrated whistleblower, there are hundreds who remain in the shadows. And for good Samaritans who do tell their tale, the price they pay can be exorbitant. Whistleblowers perform in many careers and are found at all levels of an organization:

The Life of a Whistle Blower Since the 1960s, the public value of whistle blowing has been increasingly recognized. Whistle blowing statutes protect from discharge or discrimination an employee who has initiated an investigation of an employer’s activities or who has otherwise cooperated with a regulatory agency in carrying out an inquiry or the enforcement of regulations. Many states have enacted whistle blower statutes, but these statutes vary widely in coverage. Some statutes apply only to public

When a person feels that something illegal or ethically wrong is happening in their place of work, what can they do? That person has the right to go to their administration about the acts that are occurring. (GAP) This action would be called whistle-blowing. Furthermore, whistle-blowers would be protected by law from repercussions from coming forward about the ethical or illegal issue. (Hallman, 2012) The organization that protects accountants and other financial professionals within the field of