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What is the Food Integrity Campaign?

What is the Food Integrity Campaign? If you are what you eat, then some of us may be truly terrifying on the inside. How much do you think about or investigate what is going into the foods that end up on your dinner table? The Food Integrity Campaign – a program of the Government Accountability...

Student Loans and the Congressmen Who Owe Them

Student Loans and the Congressmen Who Owe Them Does it feel like your lawmakers don’t understand or care about student loans and interest rates? At least some of them do. Annual financial disclosure reports for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives released in June 2012 pointed out three lawmakers who still owe more than...

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First SEC Whistleblower Paid $50,000 For Exposing Securities Fraud

First SEC Whistleblower Paid $50,000 For Exposing Securities Fraud On August 12, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission reported that it had recovered $150,000 thousand so far out of a Court order $1 million in sanctions against the perpetrators of securities fraud scheme. The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded the whistleblower, who wishes to remain...

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Whistleblower Doctor Paid $598,000 For Exposing False Claims Scheme

Whistleblower Doctor Paid $598,000 For Exposing False Claims Scheme On July 12, 2012, the Department of Justice reported that it had recovered $3.15 million and settled claims against certain defendants and has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against the remaining defendants.The settling defendants are six health care providers: Advanced Physical Medicine &...

Lockheed Martin Sued for Submitting False Underbids

Lockheed Martin Sued for Submitting False Underbids On Aug. 7, 2012, PRNewswire published a story entitled: “Court Rules that Lockheed Martin Can Be Sued For Submitting False Underbids to Obtain Air Force Contracts, says The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC.” On August 2, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit confirmed that submitting...

Can You Afford to Go To A For-Profit College?

Can You Afford to Go To A For-Profit College? On September 10, 2012, the Huffington Post reported that for-profit colleges are complaining that they should not have to tell prospective students whether they are likely to afford their debts after attending school. For-profit schools get the majority of their revenue from the federal government, primarily...

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Federal Government’s Bigger Role in Policing Fraud Might Be Paying Off?

Federal Government’s Bigger Role in Policing Fraud Might Be Paying Off? On September 8, 2012, The Des Moines Register reported on the Federal Government’s new efforts to prevent Medicaid fraud.Medicaid is the primary source of health care for 58 million low-income and disabled Americans.The states are primarily responsible for overseeing Medicaid and preventing fraud.Since 2005,...

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Government and Private Companies Join to Combat Fraud

Government and Private Companies Join to Combat Fraud On July 26, 2012, Market Watch of the Wall Street Journal posted an article entitled “Amerigroup Joins Public-Private Partnership To Combat Health Care Fraud.”The article reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Department...

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Doctors receive $130k for Exposing Illegal Medicare Kickback Scheme

Doctors receive $130k for Exposing Illegal Medicare Kickback Scheme On August 14, 2012, the Department of Justice reported that it had recovered $650,000 and settled claims against Dr. Jack L. Baker, a prominent Houston radiologist, for allegations that he violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Act and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act. The...

Study by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Found Increased Off Label

Study by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Found Increased Off Label On September 10, 2012, Science Daily reported that the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) had published a national study in the journal Health Services Research that showed over the last decade an increase in prescriptions written for powerful antipsychotic drugs to treat publicly insured...

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