Medicaid and other types of health care fraud are on the rise in New York City and around the country. If you have been charged with health care fraud, you could face considerable penalties including fines and imprisonment. Understanding health care fraud is a key...
Health Care Fraud
Pharmacist pleads guilty to health care fraud
A pharmacist in New York is one of the individuals included in a group of people recently arrested in a crackdown on fraud in the health care system. The pharmacist appeared in a Brooklyn federal court to answer to the charges formally announced to her. The criminal...
Health care fraud schemes and examples
Health care fraud leads to billions of dollars in losses across America. Depending on how the cases play out, the patient might even suffer harm in the commission of this act. While a lot of the focus is often on patients or even strangers committing health care...
Understanding healthcare fraud by patients and doctors
Doctors, physicians and other healthcare providers are often some of the most giving people in our economy. However, this is not always true. Healthcare fraud is a growing issue, both on the part of the patients and the providers. Studies have shown that 10 cents for...
What is the difference between health care fraud and abuse?
A health care organization takes the integrity of the care it provides and the programs it administers very seriously. If you are a provider or employee who works for such an organization and there is reason to believe that you may have committed health care abuse or...
Recognizing the signs of healthcare fraud
Healthcare fraud schemes hurt patients, insurance providers and government health care programs, but they are not always easy to recognize. Healthcare invoices are often complex and difficult for patients to understand, and the confusing nature of the insurance claim...
Whistleblowers Trigger Big Medical Kickback Settlement
The U.S. Justice Department announced a $20.25 million agreement with Sanford, a Midwest-based health care organization. The deal resolved allegations that Sanford knew it was participating in a kickback scheme with one of its top surgeons, according to...
High-profile diet doctor charged with $120M health care fraud
When a doctor becomes a local or national celebrity, that makes federal charges of health care fraud all the more visible in the media. Besides the possibility of massive fines and even prison time, the damage to a physician's reputation due to federal charges can...