WHISTLEBLOWERS COLLECT BIG IN 2013 – ORTHOPEDICS TOP “STARK” JUDGMENT (Orthopedics This Week)
The year 2013 was another banner year for healthcare whistleblowers. The year also included the largest judgment in the history of the Stark Law with Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. ordered to cough up $237 million.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the government paid out more than $345 million to “courageous” individuals who exposed fraud and false claims by filing a qui tam complaint. The government recovered a total of $2.6 billion from those lawsuits.
It was the fourth straight year th...
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