{"id":1184,"date":"2007-02-26T16:18:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T16:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/02\/new_medicaid_false_claims_act.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:56:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:56:29","slug":"new_medicaid_false_claims_act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/new_medicaid_false_claims_act\/","title":{"rendered":"New Medicaid False Claims Act Proposed in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were encouraged to see that Georgia has just joined the states that are considering a State &#8220;False Claims Act&#8221; with whistleblower provisions.  <\/p>\n<p>As we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/why_states_are_passing_their_o\/\">discussed before on the Whistleblower Lawyer Blog<\/a>, Congress has created great financial incentives for states that pass their own versions of the federal False Claims Act, with qui tam provisions that encourage whistleblowers.  States can increase by 10% their share of Medicare fraud recoveries by passing their own False Claims Acts, but the state laws must pass muster with OIG and be at least as effective as the federal False Claims Act.  Otherwise, as approximately seven other states were disappointed to find, the state does not receive an increase in its share of Medicare fraud recoveries.  <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ed Lindsey is the sponsor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legis\/2007_08\/versions\/hb551_LC_29_2731ER_a_2.htm\">Georgia&#8217;s proposed &#8220;State False Medicaid Claims Act.&#8221;<\/a>  The new law would apply to Medicaid fraud and false claims, but not other fraud and false claims that cost the state taxpayers money.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge will be to make sure that the new law is tough enough and broad enough to meet OIG&#8217;s criteria.  As we reported before, <a href=\"http:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/fraud\/falseclaimsact.html\">OIG has disapproved the False Claims statutes of California, Florida, Louisiana, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, and Texas<\/a>, as not as effective as the federal False Claims Act.  No approval by OIG, no extra money for the state.<\/p>\n<p>We will be discussing this new whistleblower statute, as well as others.  Those who wish to read it can do so here:<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/new_medicaid_false_claims_act\/#more-1184\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were encouraged to see that Georgia has just joined the states that are considering a State &#8220;False Claims Act&#8221; with whistleblower provisions. 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