Medicare & Medicaid Fraud

Medicare and Medicaid are government healthcare programs that cost over $1 trillion each year. Estimates of fraudulent healthcare billing, both private and public, are between 3% and 10% of total health care expenditures. Attorney General Eric Holder stated, “Every year we lose tens of billions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid funds to fraud. Those billions represent healthcare dollars that could be spent on medicine, elder care, or emergency room visits, but instead are wasted on greed.” As the population ages and people live longer the demand for Medicare and Medicaid services will continue to increase. This demand unfortunately has many trying to take advantage of the enormity of this system. Given the number of patients, healthcare providers and services, the government alone cannot combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Frauds in this field range from inflating costs on Medicare reports to research grant fraud, but all of them hurt this vital system and take away from patient care.

Whistleblowers have a unique ability to help root out these frauds with their unique perspective and potential insider information. When individuals or companies take advantage of Medicare and Medicaid it puts a burden on these systems and in turn on each one of us who help to support it.

Whistleblower Justice Network has helped many whistleblowers build cases in the Healthcare industry. We have walked in your shoes and can provide an expert perspective as well as the right legal counsel for your unique case.