WASHINGTON, June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Corporate Whistleblower Center is urging medical doctors who possess proof any kind of healthcare facility, or company is paying off physicians for referrals, or admissions to call them anytime at 866-714-6466 about potential whistleblower rewards, because in these types of situations the reward potential can be very significant, especially if Medicare patients are involved. http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
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The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "We wish we had a group of very well connected medical doctors in almost every state, because with that kind of expertise a collaboration focused on Medicare, or Medicaid fraud could probably create some of the most dramatic whistleblower rewards in US history. It is regrettable that there are not cable TV ads promoting the notion of whistleblowers getting rewarded for their proof of wrongdoing."
"Unfortunately as of this moment there is no such collaboration in the United States, but as we would like to explain anytime to a medical doctor, or a healthcare professional who has well documented proof of multi-million dollar Medicare fraud the rewards can be in the millions for whistleblowers. We wish more people knew about whistleblower rewards, and we wish there was a much better way to get the word out to potential whistleblowers."
For more information a healthcare manager, or physician with well-documented proof of multi-million dollar Medicare fraud is urged to contact the Corporate Whistleblower Center anytime at 866-714-6466. http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
As an example of what the Corporate Whistleblower Center is talking about on June 16th 2015 the Department of Justice announced Hebrew Homes Health Network Inc. had agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that Hebrew Homes violated the False Claims Act by improperly paying doctors for referrals of Medicare patients requiring skilled nursing care. Hebrew Homes provided skilled nursing services at seven rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Allegedly from 2006 through 2013, this healthcare provider operated a sophisticated kickback scheme in which they hired numerous physicians ostensibly as medical directors pursuant to contracts that specified numerous job duties and hourly requirements. Allegedly the various facilities had several such medical directors under contract at any given time, paying each several thousand dollars monthly.
The United States alleged that in reality these were ghost positions, and that most of the medical directors were required to perform few, if any, of their contracted job duties. Instead, they were allegedly paid for their patient referrals to the Hebrew Homes facilities, which increased exponentially once the medical directors were put on the payroll.
In this instance the whistleblower will receive $4.25 million.
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."
- 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 wants to emphasize there are high quality whistleblowers in every state including California, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, or Washington.
Any type of insider or employee who possesses significant proof of their employer or a government contractor defrauding the federal government is encouraged to contact Corporate Whistleblower Center anytime at 866-714-6466 or via their website at http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
For attribution please refer to the June 2015 Department of Justice press release on this matter. http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-skilled-nursing-facility-agrees-pay-17-million-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations
Case number: United States ex rel. Beaujon v. Hebrew Homes Health Network, Inc., et al., Case No. 12-20951 CIV (S.D. Fla.).
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