A payment of just $10 million has been set for the only publicly identified whistleblower in a federal settlement announced last week with the state and city of New York worth more than $500 million.
Whistleblowers typically get 15 percent to 25 percent of the recovery in False Claims Act cases, which translates to at least $75 million in this case, where the U.S. Justice Department alleged the city and state had inappropriately sought Medicaid reimbursements for speech therapy, transportation and other services between 1990 and 2001.
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