One of the most disturbing forms of health care fraud is fraud involving nursing home residents, a group that relies on their caregivers even more than most members of the public. As a San Francisco nursing home fraud lawyer, with expertise in both Medicare fraud and nursing home abuse matters,…
Our firm serves personal injury clients. We are also a law firm for California health care fraud whistleblowers, teaming with brave individuals/groups to combat fraud. Why the overlap? In a press release announcing the settlement of pharmaceutical kickback claims, Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery explains that “Americans who rely…
Whistleblowers are integral to the fight against health care fraud and other allegations that fall under the False Claims Act. Our California government fraud law partners with these brave, honest individuals in bringing these lawsuits against people and companies that defraud the government. We also work to protect the rights…
Over the last week, two major cases concerning Medicare fraud that resulted in a guilty plea for an office worker or a prison sentence and fines for a well-known physician made the news. The two decisions represent text-book cases of why San Francisco qui tam lawsuit lawyer Gregory J. Brod…
As a leading purchaser of both goods and services, the United States government is a powerful commercial entity. The government has chosen to help minority- and women-owned businesses by giving them certain contracting preferences. Like the health care and defense contracting arenas, dishonest individuals and companies, including those in the…
Good doctors should be paid well. Good doctors make huge sacrifices, racking up huge schooling bills and sacrificing sleep and personal time to serve their patients. This, along with the desire to attract talented minds to medical practice, makes paying doctors well incredibly important. However, when a doctor’s pay, including…
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you are well aware that Medicare fraud is a serious problem that costs our nation billions of dollars each year. Understanding health care fraud and the many forms it can take is essential to fighting it, especially since private whistleblowers often…
With respect to fraudulent actions against the government, much attention has been rightly focused on the schemes that seek to fleece Medicare and other healthcare programs. But San Francisco qui tam lawsuit attorney Gregory J. Brod would point out that there are other government agencies that are targets for fraud,…
Fraud is a crime that hits people in their pocketbooks and can also feel like a betrayal of trust. Health care fraud fits both these characterizations but also includes an added danger — it is often a direct threat to our physical and mental well-being, endangering people’s health and even…
In the wake of the week in which the federal government arrested 90 healthcare professionals accused of fraudulent acts against Medicare, it would be useful to review the key pieces of legislation, the so-called Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, that often undergird the government’s actions in sweeps such as…