The False Claims Act includes delibrate ignorance or reckless disregard to the truth. Civil penalties for false claims are up to $11‚000 for each false claim‚ plus three times the amont of damages the government sustains from each claim. Violation may also lead to exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid (or other Federal health care programs). Damages may be brought by
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References: Wikipedia (2007) Whistleblower. Wikipedia‚ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower Guttman‚ Reuben A.‚ Lugbill‚ Ann‚ Murphy‚ Mark The Law: An Overview False Claims Act Whistleblower Employee Protections. Whistleblowerlaws.com‚ http://whistleblowerlaws.com/protection.htm Ravishankar‚ Lilanthi Encouraging Internal Whistleblowing in Organizations. http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/whistleblowing
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five elements pertaining to the establishment of a false claim under the False Claims Act are the government must establish that the claim submitted is false and that it was submitted knowingly‚ the government must establish that the person submitted the claim with actual knowledge‚ in deliberate ignorance‚ or with reckless disregard for the claim’s truth or falsity‚ the claim was against a department or agency of the United States and if the claim was material. Privacy Standards were designed to
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Assignment # 3 WorldCom Accounting Fraud By Mark A. Cowan Strayer University ACC 499- Accounting Capstone May 15‚ 2011 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the aspects of the WorldCom accounting scandal and the effects that this scandal had on the accounting world as we know it. We will discuss the corporate culture at WorldCom and how it contributed to the accounting fraud‚ how the CEO’s desire to be the #1 stock on Wall Street contributed to the fraud‚ pressures on accountants to book
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public contractors. Under the federal False Claims Act‚ any person with knowledge of false claims or fraud against the institution may bring a lawsuit in his or her own name and in the name of the United States. As long as the information is not publicly disclosed and the government has not already sued the defendant for the fraud‚ the whistle blower‚ who is called a relator in this action‚ may bring a False Claims Act case. The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is a United States federal law
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Fraud‚ Abuse‚ and Waste in the US Healthcare System Tony Hackman University of Phoenix Financial Management in Health Care HCS/577 Adam Craft August 01‚ 2010 Fraud‚ Abuse‚ and Waste in the US Healthcare System Healthcare insurance costs have risen at the average rate of three percent over the inflation rate for the past 10 years. As a result‚ the government is spending a larger percentage of GDP on healthcare for Americans. One of the reasons for this increase in the overall cost for healthcare
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Business Ethics Title of Assignment: Term Paper Whistle Blowing This assignment was done in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Finance Major course (BBA 4) Term paper (GROUP ASSIGNMENT) THE PAPER WILL REQUIRE SOME RESEARCH AND CRITICAL REFLECTION ON WHAT HAS BEEN COVERED IN THE LECTURES AND TUTORIALS. The term paper will be on a topic of interest to the student‚ but requires the approval of the tutor. You may choose a topic from current issues in the news‚
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NIKE INC AND SWEET SHOP Act The el Expense Billing Controversy and False Claims Act PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC)‚ a major accounting firm‚ was engaged in unethical billing practices that generated millions of dollars in additional revenue to the company. PwC was charging its clients the full price of airline tickets and other travel expenses‚ such as hotel rooms and car rentals‚ while it was actually expending only a small percentage of the full amount billed to its clients due to applied rebates
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Organizational Responsibility and Current Health Care Issues HCS/545 University of Phoenix Claudette Grant July‚ 01‚ 2013 Fraud‚ Abuse‚ and Waste in the US Healthcare System is a major problem. As a result of this the government is spending a greater percentage of the GDP on healthcare for Americans. The primary reason for this increase in the overall cost for healthcare is related to the increase in fraud‚ waste‚ and abuse. It is estimated that the United States spends between 15 and 25
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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: scientists and secretaries‚ lawyers and paralegals‚ managers and staff‚ security personnel and computer
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