COMPLIANCE: Ward Off Whistleblower Suits With These 4 Strategies
Cover your bases to head off qui tam suits.
You may think you've got all the bases covered in heading off whistleblower lawsuits, but you shouldn't overlook the opposing team. Little Rock, Ark.-based for-profit Hospice Home Care Inc. (HHC) is learning that lesson the hard way, thanks to a qui tam suit filed by non-profit competitor Arkansas Hospice Inc., also of Little Rock. Arkansas Hospice filed the qui tam complaint in 2004, but the suit was just joined by the government and unsealed in federal court last month.
In the original qui tam filing obtained by Eli, Arkansas...
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