Health care fraud costs Americans $80 billion per year according to the FBI. And the cost is rising! The feds can’t lock up the culprits fast enough – if they can even find them. Law enforcement officials in Puerto Rico are trying to make a dent; the Justice Department announced that 75 people were arrested in […]
Pharmacists Hit Whistleblower Lottery – Collects $597 Million!
The average Joe buys the occasional Powerball ticket hoping to win a few million bucks. T. Mark Jones, a pharmacist from Key West, decided to roll up his sleeves and become a whistleblower. His investigation of Big Pharma’s overbilling schemes saved taxpayers $3 billion dollars and earned $597,000,000.00 in whistleblower award money. Some say “crime […]
Feds Charge 89 With Medicare Fraud – Whistleblowers Rejoice
Earlier this month, federal officials arrested 89 people in Miami, Detroit, Tampa, Houston, New York and Los Angeles and charged them with health care fraud. The action was a coordinated effort involving the FBI, Postal Inspectors, IRS, Department of Health and Human Services and local officials. Historically, many of these cases come to light because of […]
Deadly Healthcare – Rewarding Hospitals For Mistakes (Health Care Fraud Post)
by Brian Mahany Doctors, nurses and health care workers deserve the utmost respect. 99% of them do a wonderful job, even in less than ideal conditions. Unfortunately, the Institute of Medicine says that hospital errors kill 100,000 Americans per year according to an article published by Yahoo Health. If that number is correct, that is […]
MD Convicted Of Health Care Fraud – Shocking Scheme Revealed
by Brian Mahany Just two days ago we posted a story about health care fraud. 48 hours later and another sad story of patient abuse emerges; patient abuse for profit. The United States Attorney for New Jersey, Paul Fishman, announced a 68 year old cardiologist pleaded guilty to one of the largest health care frauds in […]