Saints, Sinners & Heroes

Chapter List

Section One: The Whistleblower Toolbox

The Federal False Claims Act

 

What it all Means and How It Works

 

Medicare Fraud

 

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Medicare Fraud and Ambulance Services

 

When Competitors Become Whistleblowers

Firs to File Bar

 

Size of Whistleblower Award "Relator Share"

 

Pharma

 

Finance and Banks

 

Damages and Collectability

 

What Motivates Whistleblowers

 

Government Contracts

 

Repeat Offenders

 

Reverse False Claims

 

The Future of the False Claims Act

 

The Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA)

 

The Future of FIRREA

 

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)

 

Lawyers and Compliance Officers as Whistleblowers

 

Commodities Futures Trade Commission (CFTC)

 

The IRS Whistleblower Program

 

Act to Prevent Dumping from Ships

 

Transportation

 

Section Two: State Programs

State Programs

 

Wisconsin Takes a Giant Step

 

Maryland's New False Claims Act

 

Vermont's New False Claims Act

 

Kentucky Legislation

 

Taxes and State False Claims Act

 

California Insurance Fraud Prevention Act

 

Section Three: Retaliation Against Whistleblowers

Introduction to Retaliation

 

Whistleblower Isolation

 

Whistleblower Termination

 

Elimination of Position

 

Set Up for Failure

 

Blacklisting Whistleblowers

 

Character Assassination

 

Death and Physical Injury

 

False Claims Act Protections

 

Section Four: Whistleblower Protection

Advice to Potential Whistleblowers

 

State False Claims Act Anti-Retaliation Remedies

 

Anti-Retaliation and the IRS Whistleblower Program

 

Anti-Retaliation and the SEC Whistleblower Program

 

Silencing the Whistleblower

 

Section Five: Whistleblower Hotline Traps, Expensive Mistakes and Moral Quandaries

Employee Hotlines

 

Telephone Hotlines

 

Federal Medicare Fraud and Other Hotlines

 

State Fraud Hotlines

 

Apathy and "Moral" Conflict

 

Conventional Reporting

 

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