tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 16

Industry News: Why Pharma Whistleblowers Are A Harried Lot

82% of whistleblowers in NEJM study were subjected to pressures by their company. When Congress passed the healthcare bill in March 2010, everyone said that there was an even greater need for whistleblowers to identify fraud in the healthcare industry. But with the passage of a few months now, it looks like these whistleblowers are getting a raw deal. A blog post on www.quitamteam.com mentions a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) study entitled, "Whistle-blowers' experiences in fraud litigation against pharmaceutical companies." The study, it says, confirms what was already common knowledge: whistleblowers who report healthcare...

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