For more than a decade, the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus has led an effort to designate July 30 as “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day,” celebrating whistleblowers’ contributions and risking their livelihoods and reputations to combat … [Read more...]
New Rules Help California Employees Pursue Retaliation Claims
For years, employees in California have struggled to get justice for workplace retaliation. That’s because workers couldn’t prove their employer’s actions were retaliatory — even if they were fired or demoted soon after they spoke up about problems … [Read more...]
Pandemic Fraud Continues To Be Exposed With Whistleblower Help
Billions of dollars in pandemic-related fraud remains unresolved, and the government is relying on whistleblowers to enforce consequences for misuse of public funds. During the past fiscal year, the U.S. Department of Justice resolved about 270 … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Fraud Persists But Whistleblowers Can Root Out Misuse of Government Funds
About a third of Americans who make it to their 65th birthdays will need nursing home care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 2021, Medicare spent $92.6 billion on skilled nursing facility care and home health … [Read more...]
Survey: California Hourly Workers Face Persistent Labor Law Abuses
California may be known for its progressive labor standards, but most hourly workers in the state routinely face labor law violations, and few report them, according to a new analysis. Ninety-one percent of workers surveyed had experienced at … [Read more...]
Whistleblowers Needed as Risk Adjustment Fraud Threatens Health of Medicare Part C Program
Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C, has become the country’s largest taxpayer-funded health insurance program with more than 31 million participants. But as annual expenditures for the program have tripled over the past decade to $450 … [Read more...]
Annual U.S. Fraud Loss Estimate Shows Why We Need Whistleblowers More Than Ever
The nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office, in a first-of-its-kind report, has produced an estimate of how much money the federal government is losing each year to fraud. It’s not only a staggering figure — $233 billion to $521 billion … [Read more...]
What California employees should know about municipal “Fair Workweek” laws
This year, Berkeley became the latest California city to enact a “fair workweek” law, which gives workers in certain industries – primarily those who employ hourly workers using floating schedules – the right to receive advance notice of their work … [Read more...]
California’s Giant Medicare Program is a Fraud Target, But Whistleblowers Are Helping Aid Recoveries
As the Department of Justice’s annual False Claims Act report shows, Medicaid fraud comprises a significant portion of all the frauds against the federal government each year. In fiscal year 2023, the DOJ reported $2.68 billion in FCA settlements and … [Read more...]
Largest Cyberattack on U.S. Healthcare System Underscores Need for Whistleblowers
Weeks after a cyberattack on UnitedHeath Group’s Change Healthcare unit crippled the processing of medical claims and prescriptions nationwide — and potentially exposed patient data — some lessons have emerged. First, the federal government and … [Read more...]
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