Tag: False Claims Act

WKPS Client Helps Secure $18.2M FCA Fraud Settlement with CVS

WKPS Client Helps Secure $18.2M FCA Fraud Settlement with CVS

December 9, 2025 CVS Pharmacy has agreed to pay $18.2 million to the United States and the State of California to resolve allegations...

DOJ, HHS Join Forces to Support Federal False Claims Act

DOJ, HHS Join Forces to Support Federal False Claims Act

November 11, 2025 Healthcare professionals with insight into potential fraud against federal healthcare programs may soon find greater support from the federal government....

FCA Whistleblowers Target Healthcare Fraud

FCA Whistleblowers Target Healthcare Fraud

July 30, 2025 The high-profile bankruptcies of Dallas-based Steward Health Care and Prospect Medical in 2024 weren’t just financial failures; they exposed a...

Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuits Expose Fraud, Net Billions in Recoveries

Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuits Expose Fraud, Net Billions in Recoveries

July 1, 2025 Recently released Department of Justice information confirms that whistleblower provisions in the False Claims Act (FCA) remain a powerful tool to...

DOJ, WKPS Whistleblower Clients Secure $2.8M FCA Settlement with Walgreens

DOJ, WKPS Whistleblower Clients Secure $2.8M FCA Settlement with Walgreens

June 3, 2025 A $2.8 million False Claims Act settlement with Walgreens began in 2019 when two brave Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel...

Healthcare Fraud Recoveries on the Rise

Healthcare Fraud Recoveries on the Rise

April 10, 2025 It’s a sad sign of the times when the lion’s share of the schemes intent on defrauding the federal government...

A Record Year for FCA Whistleblower Filings and Recoveries

A Record Year for FCA Whistleblower Filings and Recoveries

October 17, 2024 Individual whistleblowers working with the U.S. Department of Justice helped secure a record 543 settlements and judgments and the recovery...

Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Reinforces Whistleblower Retaliation Protections

Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Reinforces Whistleblower Retaliation Protections

April 4, 2024 Whistleblowers who expose fraud have strong protections from employer retaliation based on a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Murray...

Private Equity and Healthcare Q&A with Caitlyn Silhan

Private Equity and Healthcare Q&A with Caitlyn Silhan

February 5, 2024 A flood of private equity investment is transforming the U.S. healthcare industry. Across the healthcare economy, private equity firms are...