The Physician Referral Law—commonly called the Stark Law—generally prohibits physicians from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients to a business entity (like a hospital or medical practice) if the physician has a “financial relationship” with that entity. The Stark Law also prohibits the practice or hospital that received the criminal referral from submitted Medicare or Medicaid claims for services provided to those referred patients. Congress passed the Stark Law to contain health care costs and reduce improper conflicts of interest, where physicians put their financial interests ahead of their patients’ needs.  Although the statute is complex and includes some exceptions, Stark Law

______________________________________________ Find out how a healthcare fraud attorney can help you on the FGBO Law blog. If you have a case, reach out to one of our experienced attorneys today. Are you aware of a physician, business owner, or other healthcare providers that are billing for services or goods that were not medically necessary or provided? If so, you need an experienced healthcare fraud attorney to help you navigate the complexities of healthcare fraud laws, develop a solid legal strategy, and protect your rights. Time is of the essence in healthcare fraud cases, and an experienced healthcare fraud attorney will help you

Experienced healthcare attorneys from FGBO Law explain all you should know about upcoding in healthcare. Read more on the FGBO blog. Upcoding in healthcare practices is unfortunately at epidemic rates.  And news headlines show recent examples of providers billing for unnecessary services and being fined millions of dollars for their fraudulent practices. Patients and taxpayers have a right to reasonable costs for healthcare services and products based on their individual needs, not a provider’s financial interests. When a person knows of healthcare fraud, a whistleblower attorney can help the individual report the wrongdoing and share in the potential recovery. Healthcare providers use

Understand how to report medical billing fraud from the experienced healthcare fraud attorneys at FGBO Law. If you have a case, reach out to an attorney today. Medical billing fraud ultimately hurts patients and costs U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars every year.  Dishonest and unethical healthcare providers, insurers, and other related unscrupulous people must be brought to justice for their fraudulent medical billing practices. Through the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA), an individual or group of people—working with an experienced whistleblower attorney—can file an FCA lawsuit reporting the fraud to the proper authorities who can stop it

Find out what the statute of limitations is for a qui tam lawsuit on the FGBO blog. Reach out to one of our experienced healthcare fraud attorneys today to learn more. The False Claims Act (“FCA”) empowers individuals that know of fraud against the government, to bring a lawsuit exposing the fraud and to share in the government’s recovery.  These whistleblower claims—called qui tam lawsuits—have resulted in more than $1.54 billion in payouts to whistleblowers since 2017.  But failing to comply with the FCA’s statute of limitations could cost a whistleblower the chance to bring a claim or share in a

Learn how to file a qui tam lawsuit from the FGBO whistleblower attorneys. If you have a lawsuit, reach out to our experienced qui tam attorneys today. Often those who learn of fraud against the federal or state government want to expose it but are unsure how to do so or where to turn.  And potential whistleblowers with critical information often try, without luck, to navigate the government bureaucracy and report it directly to the impacted agency.  But a better course of action is to contact a Florida whistleblower attorney to learn more about qui tam lawsuits. The qui tam provisions of

Find out who can file a qui tam lawsuit from the FGBO whistleblower attorneys. Read more on the FGBO blog. Reach out to us if you have a qui tam case. A wide range of individuals and entities can file qui tam lawsuits when they have evidence of fraud against the government. Although the government is considered the true plaintiff in qui tam actions, the whistleblower, also known as a relator, brings the wrongdoing to light on behalf of the government. And the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act empower whistleblowers to help fight fraud and to receive up

The experienced whistleblower attorneys from FGBO Law explain all you need to know about qui tam lawsuits. Read more on the FGBO blog. Qui tam lawsuits are a critical tool in fighting fraud and corruption against the federal government as well as Florida’s state government and even some municipalities. The qui tam provisions included in the False Claims Act (FCA) empower individuals and non-government organizations to be whistleblowers on behalf of the government.  Qui tam is Latin for he who sues in this matter for the king as well as for himself.  And when a whistleblower prevails in a qui tam

Perhaps the most popular and successful program that the United States has launched to combat the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).  Administered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), the PPP provides forgivable loans and emergency financial assistance to businesses suffering economic hardships related to the pandemic.  The most recent data from the SBA show that the United States has approved more than 6 million loans totaling almost $600 billion. The availability of such vast amounts of money has, of course, attracted the attention of fraudsters. And it is certain that countless loans have been