Healthcare fraud is defined as intentionally lying about or misrepresenting transactions regarding healthcare. Healthcare fraud is often committed as a means of gaining unauthorized financial gain or gain related to health benefits. It is an offense that can be committed by an individual, employer, or by a provider. If found guilty of this crime, you could face imprisonment and hefty fines. 

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Healthcare fraud can include:

• Overbilling for medical services
• Providing false information for patient records
• Capping- Giving/Receiving “kickbacks”
• Charging for healthcare services not provided
• Performing unnecessary surgery and procedures
• Health insurance fraud
• Medical billing fraud
• Medicare fraud
• Medicaid fraud
• Unnecessarily increasing the overall cost of a particular healthcare procedure

Many providers, including therapists, physicians, billing offices and others, may accidentally be accused as having committed healthcare fraud due to billing mistakes or procedures used to determine how to charge an insurance company. An insured individual may seek monetary compensation for something they believe they are covered for, and discover in a rather unpleasant manner, that they in fact are not, and are now facing criminal charges for healthcare fraud.

There have also been other cases of healthcare fraud in which a doctor, individual or employer intentionally committed healthcare fraud. An individual may be charged with healthcare fraud by trying to use another individual’s health insurance card, and an employer may charged with healthcare fraud by enrolling employees who are not eligible for one reason or another. If you currently are finding yourself in the middle of this type of situation, it is vital to obtain representation as soon as possible to minimize the severity of your charges or to possibly have them dropped all together.

Are you or a loved one facing charges for healthcare fraud? Our attorneys are here to help! Don’t delay—contact a local criminal defense attorney as soon as possible to find out more about receiving representation.

 

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Did you know?
Even an employer may suddenly find themselves facing healthcare charges when they did not even realize they were doing anything wrong at all.
To safeguard yourself from the punishments that these charges go hand-in-hand with, it is crucial to seek the services of a qualified criminal defense lawyer.