Aveta Settles Suit Alleging it Defrauded Medicare of $1 Billion

By Steve Kardell | Published October 9, 2020 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: Medicare Fraud, retaliation, whistleblower protection |

Josh Valdez, a former executive for a subsidiary of Aveta Inc., sued the company, claiming it had spent years engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare of hundreds of millions of dollars. The lawsuit was originally filed in April 2011, but was under court seal until early 2014 and went through an extensive court process Read More

Texas Medicare Fraud Scheme Results in $339 Million Judgment

By Steve Kardell | Published November 7, 2019 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: $339 Million Judgment, 200 months in prison and $34 million in incarceration, Medicare Fraud, whistleblower, whistleblower claim |

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently entered a judgment in a Medicare fraud case against four defendants valued at a total of $339,402,631. The judgment stems from a whistleblower claim filed in 2013 by Grant Bachman, who filed his initial lawsuit against multiple home health care Read More

Philly-Area Addiction Treatment Facility to Pay $2.85 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations

By Steve Kardell | Published October 31, 2019 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: False Claim act, Medicare Fraud, whistleblower settlement |

This summer, Eagleville Hospital, a provider of various substance abuse treatments to Medicare and Medicaid patients, agreed to a $2.85 million settlement with the government in the face of allegations it defrauded various healthcare programs. In the lawsuit, it was alleged that the hospital billed Medicare, Medicaid and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program fraudulently Read More

Whistleblowers are Critical in Preventing, Limiting Medicare Fraud

By Steve Kardell | Published May 17, 2018 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: False Claims Act, Medicare Fraud, uncover instances of fraud, Whistleblowers are Critical |

During a recent interview with the AARP, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Medicare fraud must be taken as seriously as the war on drugs in this country. That’s saying something, considering the hardline stance Sessions has taken on the enforcement of drug laws. However, it’s not difficult to see why he’s so passionate about Read More

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