| Healthcare Fraud
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| Healthcare fraud may encompass many types
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| | The whistleblower can only bring a claim
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| of practices such as illegal kickbacks
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| | in a case in which the government is
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| (receiving reimbursement for referrals),
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| | unaware of the fraud and the information
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| billing for services not rendered,
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| | precipitating the action. It is also
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| billing for unnecessary equipment, and
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| | important for the whistleblower to be the
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| billing for services performed by a
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| | initial source of information regarding
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| lesser qualified person. The health care
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| | the fraud in order to be entitled to a
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| providers who commit these fraud schemes
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| | percentage of the damages.
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| include hospitals, home health care
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| | Fraudulent billing and billing for
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| providers, ambulance services, doctors,
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| | medically unnecessary services is
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| chiropractors, laboratories, pharmacies,
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| | prevalent throughout the United States.
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| hospices and nursing homes. A private
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| | Healthcare fraud is expected to increase
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| citizen can file a lawsuit in the name of
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| | as people live longer. This increase will
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| the United States Government against
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| | produce a greater demand for Medicare
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| companies that defraud Medicare and other
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| | benefits. As a result, the utilization of
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| federal healthcare programs. Medicare is
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| | long and short-term care facilities such
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| a health program for the elderly financed
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| | as skilled nursing, assisted living, and
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| through a federally-administered trust
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| | hospice services most likely will expand
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| fund.
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| | substantially in the future.
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