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February 9, 2013
In a Medicare fraud sweep covering seven cities, federal authorities arrested 91 healthcare professionals, including many doctors and nurses. The Medicare fraud schemes in which they took part fraudulently billed the Medicare program $429.2 million, reported MedPage Today.
The Medicare fraud schemes all involved billing Medicare for healthcare services that were medically unnecessary and/or were never actually provided, and they produced profits of over $230 million in home healthcare fraud; over $100 million in mental healthcare fraud, and over $49 million in ambulance transportation fraud.
According to the Justice Department, the fraud schemes involved the following cities:
Medicare fraud must be stopped. Often whistleblowers have access to the evidence that will allow federal authorities to successfully fight Medicare fraud. Information from whistleblowers is so vital to the battle against Medicare fraud that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act allow individual whistleblowers to file suit against the wrongdoers and to share in any funds recovered.
Whistleblowers need to understand their rights under the False Claims Act. Waters & Kraus’ attorneys have the experience that a whistleblower needs on their side. Contact us or call our whistleblower attorneys at 800.226.9880 to learn more about our practice and how we can assist.
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