Posts Tagged Medicare fraud
Fake Drugs Represent New Whistleblower Opportunity
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on May 12, 2013
Fake and gray market pharmaceuticals represent a growing problem in the United States. Medical providers pressed by mounting costs sometimes resort to purchasing drugs manufactured in Turkey, India and other foreign countries. Unless produced in an FDA inspected facility, there is no way to insure those drugs are safe or even contain the prescribed amount [...]
Nursing Homes – Next Wave Of Whistleblower Cases? (False Claims Act)
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 16, 2013
by Brian Mahany The front page headline of today’s Wall Street Journal says it all – “As America Ages, Shortage Of Help Hits Nursing Homes.” The fastest growing segment of America’s population are baby boomers and they are starting to hit their mid 60′s. As the demand for nursing home beds increases, the amount of [...]
Whistleblower Opportunities Abound – Medicaid Fraud At All Time High
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 6, 2013
by Brian Mahany With all the press and media attention on big whistleblower case these days, one would think that fraud would soon go the way of smallpox, it would be eradicated. Unfortunately, as long as greed continues in our society, so will fraud. A couple weeks ago, Congress’ House Committee on Oversight and Government [...]
Bad News For Fraudsters In Wisconsin – Whistleblower Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 17, 2013
by Brian Mahany Early this morning I wrote about the never ending battle against fraud. This afternoon, a little bit of good news. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that last year the state, several counties and a private investigative firm were able to identify over $14 million in fraud within the FoodShare and Medicaid programs. [...]
The Tie Between Political Corruption and Violations of the False Claims Act
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 24, 2013
by Brian Mahany The federal false claims act was enacted during the Civil War to help a weak and struggling federal government recoup its losses from a multitude of government contractors who sold rancid rations, faulty gun powder and bad equipment to the Union Army. It’s purpose wasn’t to fight government corruption but in the [...]
House of Horrors Owner Convicted
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 11, 2012
by Brian Mahany Two back to back tales of horror from Atlanta. Just a few hours ago we posted a story of a Medicare fraud case in Atlanta. A radiology group agreed to pay almost $4 million to settle accusations that they prescribed unnecessary radiation treatments to prostate cancer patients. If bilking the government isn’t [...]
Radiation Clinic Settles With Feds in Whistleblower Case
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 10, 2012
by Brian Mahany Those suffering with cancer hope and pray that their caregivers are doing everything necessary to get them well. Physicians take an offer to prevent suffering. The oath says in part that, “In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all [...]
WellCare Settles Massive Healthcare fraud
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 26, 2012
by Brian Mahany WellCare is a huge healthcare company serving almost 2.5 million patients in the United States. Headquartered in Tampa, the company is no stranger to litigation. Although any company of that size is likely to be sued, WellCare was wracked by several false claims act (whistleblower) cases that exceeded $1 billion in alleged [...]
Massive Healthcare Fraud Discovered
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 8, 2012
by Brian Mahany Federal prosecutors in Dallas charged a Texas physician and 6 others in a massive healthcare fraud. They say the defendants defrauded taxpayers of as much as $374 million dollars by making false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. Their crime spree went on for years before being caught. Healthcare fraud is nothing new. [...]
Health Care Fraudster Busted
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 3, 2012
by Brian Mahany Health care fraud costs the government and taxpayers billions of dollars. It is anything but a victimless crime. Fraud means higher insurance premiums causing some people to go without medical care. Because the federal government funds much of health care, taxes also go up when Medicare money is used to pay false [...]
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