WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Corporate Whistleblower Center is urging ER doctors, or nurse managers to call them at 866-714-6466 if they have well documented proof of a hospital admitting Medicare patients, who should have been sent home, as an intentional way to overbill Medicare. The reward potential can be substantial, as the Center would like to explain. http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
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The Corporate Whistleblower Center is urging ER physicians, or hospital nurse managers to call them at 866-714-6466 if they possess proof a hospital is engaged it admitting Medicare patients as opposed to sending them home, because these types of unwarranted practices can cost Medicare millions of dollars. As the Center would like to explain the reward potential for this type of information can be very significant. http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "What makes our service unique for a healthcare professional with this type of information is we will try to help them package their information, or add to it based on our own research. In addition as long as we are satisfied with the level of proof we will immediately make certain the whistleblower is in almost instant contact with some of the nation's best whistleblower attorneys. Healthcare whistleblowers who possess substantial proof of Medicare fraud, or overbilling can call us anytime at 866-714-6466." http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
As a recent example the Justice Department announced in August that Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS), the nation's largest operator of acute care hospitals, has agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve multiple lawsuits alleging that the company knowingly billed government health care programs for inpatient services that should have been billed as outpatient or observation services.
The settlement also resolves allegations that one of the company's affiliated hospitals, Laredo Medical Center (LMC), improperly billed the Medicare program for certain inpatient procedures and for services rendered to patients referred in violation of the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly known as the Stark Law.
The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "While the whistleblower rewards have not yet been announced we assume they will be in the millions of dollars." http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
Simple rules for a whistleblower from the Corporate Whistleblower Center:
- Do not go to the government first if you are a major whistleblower. The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "Major whistleblowers frequently go to the federal government thinking they will help. It's a huge mistake. Frequently government officials could care less, or they are incompetent."
- Do not go to the news media with your whistleblower information. Public revelation of a whistleblower's information could destroy any prospect for a reward.
- Do not try to force a government contractor, or corporation to come clean to the government about their wrongdoing.
The Corporate Whistleblower Center emphasizes that they want to talk to healthcare whistleblowers with proof of significant Medicare fraud in any city, or state, including Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Miami, Florida; Houston, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Baltimore, Maryland; Roanoke, Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Saint Louis, Missouri; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Des Moines, Iowa; Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota; Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; or Anchorage, Alaska.
Any type of insider, or employee, who possesses significant proof of their employer, or a government contractor fleecing the federal government is encouraged to contact the Corporate Whistleblower Center anytime at 866-714-6466, or they can contact the group via their web site at http://CorporateWhistleBlowerCenter.Com
For attribution purposes please refer to the August 2014 United States Department of Justice press release. http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/community-health-systems-inc-pay-9815-million-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations
The lawsuits are captioned United States ex rel. Bryant v. Community Health Systems, Inc., et al., Case No. 10-2695 (S.D. Tex.); United States ex rel. Carnithan v. Community Health Systems, Inc., et al., Case No. 11-cv-312 (S.D. Ill.); United States ex rel. Cook-Reska v. Community Health Systems, Inc., et al., Case No. 4:09-cv01565 (S.D. Tex.); United States ex rel. James Doghramji; Sheree Cook; and Rachel Bryant v. Community Health Systems Inc., et al., Case No. 3-11-cv-00442 (M.D. Tenn.)
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