There has been growing awareness in recent years about the importance of mental health. More people are seeking help and health professionals are becoming more educated on the importance of a well-rounded definition of health. Sadly, there are also scammers out to take advantage of this trend including the perpetrators…
Regular visitors to this blog are familiar with the False Claims Act (“FCA” or “the Act”), a piece of federal law aimed at recovering money wrongfully taken from government coffers. The Act contains detailed provisions that allow ordinary private citizens to bring suit on the government’s behalf through a process…
It takes a very special individual to work in the end-of-life care arena. We have the deepest respect for the men and women who support both patients and their loved ones in the hospice care environment. These professionals offer much more than medical care, they offer emotional support to people…
When one thinks about fraud and its impact, finances tend to come to the forefront of the mind. However, when the issue is defense contract fraud, there is much more than money at stake. Defense contract fraud not only takes money from already-strained budgets, but it also puts our nation’s…
Choosing a nursing home or other senior care facility is a difficult and emotional decision. There are many factors to consider, many of which can spark intense family debates, including location, price, and available forms of care. There are also more individualized factors like whether the prospective resident has friends…
Earlier this month we wrote about the theft of prescription drugs, focusing on the growing problem of medications being stolen from our nation’s seniors and why drug theft is a form of elder abuse. We urge all readers to ensure their own medications and those of loved ones are kept…
Kickbacks to physicians are one of the most concerning forms of Medicare fraud. Why? Kickbacks to doctors create mixed incentives. Instead of being guided by concerns for their patient’s welfare, the doctors may be tempted to make choices, from seemingly innocuously ones to which lab to use to run a…
Medicare fraud is a topic that is receiving increasing attention from authorities and news media alike. Our California Medicare fraud law office believes this attention is rightly placed and we support efforts to both recover wrongfully diverted funds and prevent future frauds. Two of the ways that the government accomplishes…
Sadly, it doesn’t feel unusual for someone accused of a crime to continue suspect behavior. As pending litigation against a surgeon already embroiled in health care fraud litigation became even more complex last week, it also continued to break new legal ground with allegations involving a specific form of business…
At the Brod Law Firm, we’re proud to be part of the fight against healthcare and government contracts fraud in San Francisco and across the state. We are also humbled to work with the people who witness fraud or other wrongdoing and decide to speak up against it. While we…