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Sunday, April 15, 2012

2 Former Kaplan Employees Settle Lawsuit and Withdraw Whistle-Blower Case

By Goldie Blumenstyk
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Originally published on April 11, 2012

Two former employees of a Kaplan-owned college in Pennsylvania who alleged in a 2006 federal whistle-blower lawsuit that the company had falsified graduation and job-placement rates and had paid illegal bonuses to student recruiters have withdrawn their suit. The two also reached a settlement with Kaplan on an employment-discrimination claim alleging that the company had fired them in retaliation for saying they would report wrongdoing.

The terms of the settlement are confidential.

The entire story is here.

WellCare Health Plans whistle-blower to receive about $21 million

By Jeff Harrington
Tampa Bay Times
Originally published on April 4, 2012

Whistle-blower Sean Hellein will receive nearly $21 million for triggering a successful federal inquiry into Medicare and Medicaid fraud at his former Tampa employer, WellCare Health Plans.

Hellein in late February withdrew his objections to a pending $137.5 million civil settlement with WellCare. But the size of his payout was unclear until Tuesday, when U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill announced the settlement of all four lawsuits initiated by whistle-blowers.