Have you witnessed Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud? Has your employer committed healthcare fraud?
When a company or individual submits claims to government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, or Tricare and overbills, accepts kickbacks, or even charges for unnecessary services, they can be committing health care fraud against the government. Such claims violate the False Claims Act, a federal whistleblower law that allows individuals to take legal action when they witness fraud against the government.
Healthcare fraud whistleblowers may have seen their coworkers or employers commit fraud by submitting false claims while billing government programs for medical services.
Under the False Claims Act, individuals can sue for retaliation and other harm, like losing their job or taking a pay cut, if they file a whistleblower lawsuit.
When the federal government intervenes in a whistleblower lawsuit and reaches a settlement or judgment against a defendant, whistleblowers earn their own payments as a reward for taking action. In some cases, whistleblowers could recover millions of dollars from a False Claims Act lawsuit.
Healthcare fraud could be committed by a number of individuals or entities including:
If you witnessed healthcare fraud, you may qualify to...
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