Sarraf Gentile

Earlier this month, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa wrote a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr to express how he “vehemently disagree[s]” with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent position that it has “unfettered discretion” to dismiss whistleblower qui tam suits brought under the False Claims Act (FCA). Senator Grassley is a seven-term senator who […]

Insurance companies are at it again – denying claims. This time it’s with business interruption insurance. For years, businesses of all kinds purchase expensive insurance policies to protect them from the unexpected.  Most businesses would prefer not to carry these additional costs.  But they do it anyway because they are cautious and responsible.  They do […]

[This article first appeared on KevinMD, written by Joseph Gentile.] Fraud in the healthcare industry is a fact of life.  In 2016 alone, the federal government estimated that improper payments by Medicare and Medicaid totaled about $95 billion.  And that’s only a single year’s amount for just two of the government’s many healthcare programs.  With […]

[This article first appeared on Cafepharma, written by Joseph Gentile.] Fraud and corruption is rife in the long term care industry.  This is especially true in nursing home facilities, where billions of tax dollars are spent caring for veterans, the poor and the elderly. Nursing home fraud not only endangers the public health, but results […]

We are happy to commend the U.S. Department of Justice for responding so quickly – in a matter of days! – to address misconduct related to the coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, March 20, Attorney General Barr issued a statement noting the Department’s concerns regarding Covid-19 related frauds and calling on the public to […]

[This article first appeared on Cafepharma, written by Joseph Gentile.] With the passage of sweeping legislation that will pump hundreds of billions (possibly over a trillion+) dollars into the economy to combat the Coronavirus and mitigate its effect, the stage has been set for rampant fraud. And there’s no doubt that the ensuing attempts at […]

With the passage of sweeping legislation that will introduce enormous amounts of money into the economy to combat the Coronavirus and mitigate its effect, we have written a letter to Attorney General Barr urging him to take pre-emptive action and launch an initiative to combat any fraud in the government’s new Coronavirus programs. The role […]

The world is in a crisis. Our local communities are either in the midst of a crisis or on the cusp of one. The medical system is about to get inundated with the sick and dying. Layoffs and financial difficulties will likely multiply. The coronavirus outbreak is going to impact all of our lives and […]

An interesting article published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, dated December 14, 2019, caught our attention.  You can view the article here. The article discusses how senior care-home operators in several states were caught stealing workers’ wages or breaking other labor laws.  And despite violating the law, these operators continue to take […]

We’re proud to announce that we represented one of the whistleblowers in the government’s historic $1.4 billion recovery against Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC. The case, which included multiple filings over several years, involved the marketing of Reckitt’s opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone – which is used by recovering opioid addicts to avoid or reduce withdrawal […]