In a late-February post on these pages, the main topic of discussion was the fact that the federal government was able to report a record $4.3 billion in recovered funds from healthcare fraud schemes in 2014. As a corollary to that record figure, the Obama administration was able to point…
It is a measure of how the problem of healthcare fraud is so pervasive and ever-changing, that there was news emanating from Washington, D.C., this week that was encouraging as well as dismaying on this issue. And, as San Francisco qui tam lawsuit attorney Gregory J. Brod would remind us,…
As San Francisco qui tam lawsuit attorney Gregory J. Brod has pointed out in his blogs, there are several common schemes that fraudsters employ to steal funds from Medicare and other healthcare government programs, including coding fraud, fake billing and kickback schemes, among others. These schemes, in turn, rob the…
A most unusual application of the federal False Claims Act came to light recently, when it was reported that for-profit schools have bilked the government out of millions of dollars by falsifying records of students so that they could enroll them and draw the federal financial aid that was available…
Medicine is always evolving. In addition to discovering new treatments and other improvements in medicine itself, the way medicine is practice has changed dramatically in recent years. One of the biggest changes is the use of health information technology including electronic health records (“EHRs”). While EHRs provide many benefits to…
Why is health care fraud one of our focal areas at The Brod Law Firm? We understand that millions of Americans are struggling to pay their medical bills. Health care costs are high for many reasons. Fraud is one of these reasons. We believe that our work as a Sacramento…
As those who follow these blog postings have seen, Medicare fraud can come in a variety of guises, and the perpetrators of schemes to defraud the federal government can range from small medical practices all the way up to hospitals and medical organizations. Then there are the really brazen schemes…
As followers of this blog have seen, there are far too many cases of healthcare fraud in the United States. They have also been reminded of the fact that the fraud negatively impacts the Treasury and U.S. taxpayers as well as potentially compromises the health of Medicare enrollees and results…
Some cases of healthcare fraud involve complex financial schemes. Other cases are more closely tied to medical treatment, involving poor patient care. Ultimately, both forms hurt patients but the latter is a more direct threat to patient health. Doctors who, in the course of fraudulent schemes, prescribe inappropriate medications or…
The federal government announced Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with a Florida-based physician over allegations that he and his clinics violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing Medicare for procedures and offices visits conducted by unqualified personnel. And San Francisco qui tam lawsuit attorney Gregory J. Brod…