{"id":67,"date":"2007-05-24T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/05\/new_whistleblower_law_on_medic_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:54:22","slug":"new_whistleblower_law_on_medic_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/new_whistleblower_law_on_medic_1\/","title":{"rendered":"New Whistleblower Law on Medicaid Fraud Signed Today by Governor of Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was excited to be invited to participate in today’s signing of the new Georgia “State False Medicaid Claims Act,” <\/a>the newest state qui tam whistleblower law. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Edward Lindsey, asked this whistleblower lawyer blog <\/a>author to join him and representatives of the Georgia Department of Community Health in the Governor’s Office for the signing ceremony. <\/p>\n

Having worked with legislators on this bill, I was very happy to celebrate the law’s passage today:Participating in the signing ceremony with Governor Sonny Perdue were (shown above from left to right) Carrie Downing, Director of Legislative and External Affairs of the Georgia Department of Community Health; Dr. Rhonda Medows, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health; Inspector General Doug Colburn; Governor Perdue; Rep. Edward Lindsey, sponsor of the State False Medicaid Claims Act; whistleblower lawyer blog<\/a> author Michael A. Sullivan<\/a> of Finch McCranie, LLP<\/a>; and Philip Consuegra, Legislative Assistant to Rep. Lindsey.<\/p>\n

With an excellent draft bill already prepared by the State Law Department headed by Attorney General Thurbert Baker and his Senior Assistant AGs Mary Beth Westmoreland and Charlie Richards, I had provided input to Rep. Lindsey on clarifying and improving the bill, before the Legislature considered it. Inspector General Doug Colburn and I then made the rounds through the three legislative committee hearings to explain how the False Claims Act works, and how the new State False Medicaid Claims Act would operate in Georgia. <\/p>\n

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I was excited to be invited to participate in today’s signing of the new Georgia “State False Medicaid Claims Act,” the newest state qui tam whistleblower law. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. 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