Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud Estimated at about $65 Billion a Year

Recent estimates from the Federal Government suggest that Medicare Fraud is approaching $50 Billion each year and Medicaid Fraud is approaching $20 Billion each year.  As a result of this fraud and the need to reduce medical expenditure, the Federal Government including the United States Department of Justice has been cracking down on Medicare Fraud, Medicaid Fraud, VA Fraud, and other forms of fraud that have been committed against the United States.  Not only is the United States Government increasing law enforcement efforts to arrest criminals and requiring stricter documentation to obtain Medicare Payments and Medicaid Payments, but the Federal Government has expanded the Federal False Claims Act and is encouraging qui tam whistleblowers to come forward to report Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud.

Illegal Kickbacks, Upcoding, Double Billing, False Coding, and fraudulent mischarging of health care services are just a few ways that fraudulent medical providers are able to defraud Medicare, Tricare, the Veterans' Administration (VA), and other government services out of billions of dollars.  Heroes including health care administrators, doctors, nurses, and therapists are stepping forward and blowing the whistle on Tricare, the Veterans' Administration (VA), and Medicare billing fraud including manipulation of outlier payments to Medicare, kickbacks, upcoding, or bill padding.  

For more information on Medicare Fraud, Medicaid Fraud, or other Fraud against the United States, please go to the following websites: Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud Lawsuits and Nursing Home Medicare Fraud Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) Lawsuits.