We have reported previously about the enormous drain that health care fraud places on tax dollars and the adverse impact fraud may have on healthcare costs. Whistleblowers are a vital resource in discovering fraud in government contracts. The False Claims Act allows...
Month: November 2017
Poll: A third of women say they’ve been sexually harassed at work
The issues of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct continue to roil American politics and media. The list of powerful men accused of wrongdoing seems to grow by the day.A new poll suggests that the list might keep growing. According to the recently released survey,...
Stopping nursing home neglect and Medicare fraud
Medicare has for decades provided health insurance for millions of older Americans and others. When someone defrauds Medicare, they are stealing from seniors and all other taxpayers.We read recently of owners of a nursing home who have agreed to a $1.25 million...
Survey: Americans commonly asked improper job interview questions
"Are you married?" "Are you or your partner pregnant?" "To which religion do you belong?" "How old are you?" Those are just some of the questions that can be used by job interviewers to discriminate against individuals in protected classes. Unfortunately, Americans...