Its always a bad sign when you fire a high ranking executive without following agency protocol. Yet, that is what DHHs did when it demoted Dr. Rick Bright. DHHS froze Dr. Bright out of his email account with no warning. DHHS demoted Dr. Bight from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the agency in
The Federal False Claims Act, also known as qui tam lawsuits, have been around since the Civil War. In Fact, the False Claims Act was passed to deal with the many fraudulent government purchases during the Civil War. The Federal government was defrauded many times by contractors during the Civil War. The act allows a
A San Antonio whistle blower has settled her claim against JP Morgan Chase Bank. Linda Almonte, who had been a Team Leader in the local office reported wrongdoing to higher-ups and was subsequently fired. See San Antonio Express News report. She was fired Nov. 30, 2009 after she made her report. A year later, she
The federal government has settled a case against a longtime San Antonio medical group. Kellum Family Medical Practice Associates was accused of falsely billing the federal government. The lawsuit, a qui tam lawsuit, also known as a whistle blower lawsuit, started when a former employee claimed the 
Kellum clinic submitted false bills for medicare and
A South Texas hospital will pay $27.5 million to the U.S. Justice department as part of a settlement of claims that the hospital, South Texas Health Systems, bilked money from the US government. The allegations include charges that the hospital entered into a kick-back scheme with various doctors. The plan was that the hospital would