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Fight Against Financial Fraud Needs Funding

March 20th, 2014

A recent piece in the Boston Globe discussed the serious problem of government fraud and noted that lawmakers on the national level need to do more than just give the problem lip service. Rather than simply talk about the importance of reducing fraud… Read More

Categories: False Claims Act, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam

Health Care Fraud Becomes Big Business And Receives Attention From Prosecutors

February 13th, 2014

Bad news for those who intend to defraud the government of millions of dollars for health care related expenditures. According to the Department of Justice and the Wall Street Journal, prosecutors have filed a record number of health care fraud cases… Read More

DOJ Joins Lawsuit Against One Of The Nation's Largest Hospital Operators

January 16th, 2014

One of the country’s largest hospital operators now faces a major lawsuit claiming the company defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars by engaging in Medicare and Medicaid fraud over a period of years. The qui tam action brought… Read More

New Study Demonstrates Enormous Value Of Healthcare Whistleblowers

December 6th, 2013

A recent study conducted by the group, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, found that whistleblowers in the healthcare industry have proved exceptionally valuable for the government and for the country. The study discovered that healthcare whistl… Read More

Medicare Fraud: Has Anti-Fraud Predictive Modeling been Successful Thus Far?

April 6th, 2012

Last summer, the Brady & Associates Whistleblower Blog published an article that described the new Medicare fraud detection system implemented by the government to detect potential health care fraud before it occurs. The statistical modeling syst… Read More

Federal Crack Down on Medicare Fraud Reaps Record Recovery of $4.1 Billion

February 16th, 2012

New fraud monitoring tools implemented by federal authorities in order to crack down on healthcare fraud are paying off. Reports indicate that a record $4.1 billion was recovered and returned to Medicare Trust Funds, the Treasury and other department… Read More

Another Successful Year for Whistleblowing: DOJ Recovers $3 Billion

January 19th, 2012

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered more than $3 billion under the False Claims Act. Of this amount, recoveries for fraud against US health care programs amounted to $2.4 billion. This is the 2n… Read More

Medicare Fraud Detection Goes on the Offense

June 23rd, 2011

It is estimated that health care fraud carries about a $60 billion a year price tag for taxpayers, with Medicare as one of the main targets for fraudsters. The Medicare program now faces huge financial challenges, including possible insolvency. As su… Read More

Medicare Fraud Patrol Faces Budget Challenges

March 10th, 2011

On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, congressional hearings revealed that officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have developed plans for an increase in scrutiny for new providers joining these programs, as opposed to going after f… Read More

Department Of Justice Releases New Statistics About Sealed False Claims And Qui Tam Cases

February 24th, 2011

At the beginning of February, the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, released a number of statistics regarding qui tam cases filed under the False Claims Act. As of January 4, 2011 there were 1,341… Read More

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