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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Medicare Whistleblower Lawsuit Information & Medicaid Whistleblower Lawsuit Information

Medicaid Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP Fraud Lawsuit Information, Medicaid Upcoding Fraud Lawsuit Information, Medicare Fraud Lawsuit Information, and Medicare Whistleblower Lawsuit Information
by Texas  Medicare Whistleblower Lawyer & Medicaid Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer 

The annual cost of health care for the United States is over $2,500,000,000,000.00 (2.5 Trillion Dollars) and rising.  Health care costs are over $8,000 per person and about 18% of the GDP.  It is estimated about 10% of these costs are the result of health care fraud.  The "for profit" medical system has created economic incentives for large drug companies, hospitals, health systems, hospice providers, pharmacies, medical device providers, and other health care providers to commit health care fraud to expand their profits at the expense of the medical system and taxpayers.  Locating these fraudulent health care providers and blowing the whistle on health care fraud is needed now more than ever as Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, the VA, Tricare, and other government health benefit programs are being stretched more than ever.

It is vitally important that health care professions with specialized knowledge of Medicaid Fraud, CHIP Fraud, Medicare Fraud, and other health care fraud continue to file Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits, Medicare Fraud Upcoding Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits, Medicare Medicaid Fraud Hospital Whistleblower Lawsuits, Hospice Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits, and Medicare Medicaid Fraud Nursing Home Whistleblower Lawsuits .

Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Medicare Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawyers, and the Increase in Medicare and Medicaid Spending

Medicaid is a public health care problem in the United States that provides health care, dental care, and orthodontic care for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income in the United States. The cost of the Medicaid program has been increasing and is expected to continue to increase because the fastest growing aspect of Medicaid is nursing home coverage.  As such, with this increase in Medicaid spending on nursing home care, hospice, and home health care, there will be a large increase in for profit nursing homes, hospice services, senior services, and elder care services that prey on the elderly and commit Medicaid and Medicare fraud.  For more information on Medicare Nursing Home Fraud, Medicaid Nursing Home Fraud, and Hospice Fraud, please go to the following web pages,  Nursing Home, Elder Care, & Skilled Nursing Facilities Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits and  Hospital Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits.

Dentist Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Dental Clinic Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Double Billing Medicaid Fraud and Unnecessary Dental Work Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information, and Dental Upcoding Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information

As CHIP, Medicaid, and Medicare spending increases on dental services and orthodontic work, some health care providers including dentists and orthodontists are making false claims for services including billing  Medicaid for services not provided, upcoding services, double billing, and providing unnecessary services.  As such, it is important for Dentists, Orthodontists,  Dentist Office Managers, Orthodontics Office Managers, Medicaid Billing Clerks, Medicaid Coders, and other Dental Professionals to become Medicaid whistleblowers to seek compensation on the government's behalf from companies and people that have defrauded taxpayers out of government money.  For more information on Qui Tam Dental Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits, please feel free to go to the following webpage, Dentist Medicare Fraud Lawsuit,  Dentist Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit, CHIP Fraud Lawsuit, and Orthodontic Medicaid Fraud lawsuit Information.

Average Wholesale Price Drug Fraud Lawsuit Information, Drug Price Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Drug Company False Drug Pricing Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Pharmaceutical Executive Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Medicaid False Drug Price Lawsuit Information, and Medicare False Drug Pricing Lawsuit Information

Pharmaceutical Companies and Drug Companies that engage in schemes to report false and inflated prices for pharmaceutical products, knowing that federal healthcare programs rely on those reported prices to set payment rates are committing Drug Price Fraud and can be held liable for these illegal actions.  The difference between the resulting inflated government payments and the actual price paid by healthcare providers for a drug is referred to as the “spread.” The larger the spread on a drug, the larger the profit for the health care provider or pharmacist who is reimbursed by the government. 

In addition, to the profits made by drug companies that are committing Average Wholesale Price Fraud, many hospitals, health care networks, and pharmacies are making large profits by committing drug price fraud, accepting illegal kickbacks, committing medicare fraud, and committing medicaid fraud.  For more information on Average Wholesale Price Fraud Whistleblower Actions, please feel free to go to the following webpage, Inflated Average Wholesale Price Whistleblower & Drug Price Fraud Lawsuit

Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP Fraud Lawsuit Information, CHIP Upcoding Fraud Lawyer, Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer, Medicaid Double Billing Fraud Lawyer, and Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information  

CHIP Fraud Whistleblowers, Medicare Fraud Whistleblowers, and Medicaid Fraud Whistleblowers are stepping up now as they are needed more than ever to blow the whistle on fraudulent health care providers  that are increasing their profits by committing fraud against government benefits programs including the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicaid, and Medicare.  Through the CHIP program, Medicaid program, Medicare program, and other government health care programs.  It is vitally important that health care providers including hospital whistleblowers, nursing home whistleblowers, home health care company whistleblowers, therapist whistleblowers, medical doctor whistleblowers, dentist whistleblowers, and executive whistleblowers from large health care companies blow the whistle on health care fraud that threatens the medical system in the United States and costs taxpayers hundreds of Billions of Dollars.

For more information on becoming a Medicare Whistleblower, Medicaid Whistleblower, CHIP Fraud Whistleblower, or other health care whistleblower, please go to the following webpages, Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information and Medicare Compliance, Coding, and Reimbursement Whistleblower Lawsuit Information.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Going to see a Trial Lawyer

Austin Condominium Owner Lawsuit Information, Austin Condominium Association Lawsuit Information, Austin Homeowner Association Lawsuit Information, and Austin Texas Real Estate Lawsuit Information

Austin Condominium Owner Lawsuit Information, Austin Condominium Association Lawsuit Information, Austin Homeowner Association Lawsuit Information, Austin Homeowner Lawsuit Information, and Austin Texas Real Estate Lawsuit Information by Austin Condominium Owner Lawyer & Austin Condominium Association Lawyer

Understanding the rights of condominium association owners under Condominium Association Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Rules as well as Texas Uniform Condominium Association (TUCA) can be a difficult task that requires an experienced Texas real estate lawyer.  Often condominium owners, groups of condominium owners, and condominium associations require legal assistance to help them make sure that their real estate investment retains its value, remain livable, and are in compliance with condominium association rules, bylaws, and laws. 

When dealing with condominium associate rules, bylaws, declarations, and other governing documents, it can often be extremely helpful to consult an Austin Condominium Lawyer that can help interpret how Texas law and the condominium association's governing documents work together and what rights an condominium owner has and what fiduciary duties condominium associate boards, directors, and officers may have.

Austin Condominium Owner Lawyer, Austin Condominium Association Lawyer, Austin Homeowner Association Lawyer, Austin Homeowner Lawyer, and Austin Texas Real Estate Lawyer 

Austin Condominium Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, works with Austin condominium owners to help them understand Texas law and protect their investment.  For more information on Austin Condominium Owner  Lawsuit Information and Austin Condominium Association Lawsuit Information, please go to the following web page on Austin Condominium Lawsuits & Condominium Association Lawsuits.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Austin Texas Will, Probate, & Estate Lawsuit Information by Austin Inheritance, Estate, & Will Probate Lawyer

Austin Will Lawsuit Information, Austin Intestate Lawsuit Information, Travis County Probate Lawsuit Information, Austin Will Probate Lawsuit Information, Austin Uncontested Will Lawsuit Information, Austin Estate Probate Information, and Central Texas Estate Lawsuit Information
by Austin Texas Will, Probate, Estate & Inheritance Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Following the death of a loved one, it can often be difficult to grieve the loss of your loved one and determine what probate matters need to be handled and how they should be handled.  The first step is to determine if your loved one had a valid Will.  If so, the Will should probably be taken to a probate lawyer to determine if there is a need for the Will to be filed for probate.  If there is no Will, it is important to determine if there are assets including real property, life insurance, stocks, bank accounts, or retirement funds that need to be transferred and how best to transfer the property. 

The Travis County Probate Court has information on a variety of probate issuesThe Travis County Probate Court is a statutory probate court headed by an elected judge, the Honorable Guy Herman. The probate court is also served by Associate Judge Dan Prashner.   Though it is not required that individuals hire a probate lawyer to represent them when filing a will probate, heirship proceeding, or other probate matter, it is strongly recommended that anyone filing suit in the Travis County Probate Court, Williamson County Court, Hays County Court, Blanco County Court, Bastrop County Court, Llano County Court, or Bexar County Court be represented by an experienced probate attorney.

Austin Texas Will Probate Lawyer and Estate Lawyer Jason Coomer represents heirs, family members, and beneficiaries that need assistance handling probate matters caused by the death of a loved one in Central Texas.  He represents families that need probate legal services in Travis County Probate Court, Williamson County Court, Hays County Court, Blanco County Court, Bastrop County Court, Comal County Court, Llano County Court, and Bexar County Probate Courts.    For more information on probate matters and estate matters, feel free to go to the following web page Austin Probate Lawyer and feel free to follow the links on the web page to other estate, inheritance, and probate topics.


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Texas Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit and CHIP Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information

Texas Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Texas Medicaid Billing Fraud Lawsuit Information, Texas Medicaid Upcoding Fraud Lawsuit Information, and Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information (Texas Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer)

Medicare and Medicaid billing fraud is costing the United States an estimated one hundred billion dollars ($100,000,000,000.00) each year.  To combat Medicaid Billing Fraud, the United States government has amended and Texas has enacted False Claims Act Laws to encourage more Medicaid Fraud whistleblowers to step up and blow the whistle on Medicaid Fraud Scams.  Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblowers and Medicaid Payment Fraud Whistleblowers that are the original source of specialized knowledge of Medicaid Fraud can make substantial recoveries if they are the first to file a successful qui tam claim under the False Claims Acts.

A Successful Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit, Medicare Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit, or other Government Health Care Benefit Program Fraud  Whistleblower Lawsuit Requires That the Whistleblower have Original Source Information of the Fraudulent Billing Scheme and be the First to File

Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblowers and Medicare Fraudulent Billing Whistleblowers that provide original source information of schemes to fraudulently bill for medical services or medical products and fraudulently take Medicare payments from our United States government including upcoding, double billing, bill padding, unbundling, and charging for services never provided may recover a portion of the proceeds recovered on the government's behalf.  Since 1986, relators have recovered over $1 billion for helping expose fraud against the United States government.    

To be a Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower or a Medicare Fraud Whistleblower, you need to have evidence of original source information of Medicare fraud.  Medical professionals, accountants, benefit coordinators, coding specialists, financial officers, hospital administrators, nurses, medical doctors, and health care administrators often become aware of Medicare Billing Fraud and Medicare Payment Fraud including upcoding, double billing, bill padding, unbundling, and charging for services never provided.

It is also essential to not delay in coming forward with a False Claim Act Qui Tam Action as the first whistleblower to file is eligible to be a relator and make a large recovery for exposing the fraud.  If the fraud is already public knowledge or someone else is the first to file on the fraudulent billing scheme, the whistleblower can be prevented for receiving any recovery.

Even worse, when the fraudulent scheme is exposed, the people that kept the fraud secret can sometimes be found liable for criminal activity for not exposing the fraud that was being committed and further be held liable for continuing criminal activity.  It is important to blow the whistle on known fraud and not get caught as one of the accomplices.  As the Department of Justice expands Medicare Billing Fraud Crackdowns, it becomes more important for those that are aware of Medicare Billing Fraud and Medicaid Fraud Schemes to come forward before the Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Rings are exposed and Health Care Executives start blaming each other and turning on each other to reduce their own potential criminal liability.

  Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawyers, Texas Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Lawyers,
Medicare Fraud Lawyers, Upcoding Fraud Lawyers, Medicaid and CHIP Fraud Whistleblower Lawyers, Double Billing Medicaid Fraud Lawyers, and Other Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawyers 

Through Federal False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuits, Qui Tam Lawsuits, and other Government Fraud Lawsuits, hundreds of billions of dollars have been recovered from fraudulent government contractors that have stolen large amounts of money from the government and taxpayers.  Included in the heroes that have helped recover large amounts of money for taxpayers are Whistleblowers and Whistleblower lawyers that have helped the government recover large amounts of money and have been rewarded with large cash rewards. 

Medicaid Fraud Whistleblowers, Medicare Fraud Whistleblowers, Tricare Fraud Whistleblowers, CHIP Fraud Whistleblowers, and other government health care program fraud whistleblowers should be aware of laws that encourage reporting of government health care program fraud as well as whistleblower protections that may help them.  The following links provide information on different types of government health care program fraud whistleblower lawsuits, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud Illegal Kickback Lawsuit Information, Medicare Compliance, Coding, and Reimbursement Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Dentist Medicaid Fraud and Orthodontist Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information, and Texas Medicaid Billing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information

Friday, February 4, 2011

Drug Price Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information and Inflated Drug Average Wholesale Price Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information

Drug Price Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information, Inflated Average Wholesale Price Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Information, Medicaid Fraudulent Drug Price Lawsuit Information, Drug Price Kickback Lawsuit Information, Pharmaceutical False Price Lawsuit, and Medicaid Drug Price Fraud Lawsuit Information by Texas Inflated Average Wholesale Price and Medicaid Drug Price Fraud Lawyer Jason S. Coomer 


On February 1, 2011, a Travis County, Texas jury found that a global pharmaceutical manufacturer had misrepresented drug prices to the state's Medicaid program and said the drug company should pay the state and federal government $170.3 million.  These Drug Price Medicaid Fraud Lawsuits are becoming more common as evidence is coming to light that the $700 Billion a year drug industry includes some large drug companies that are defrauding Medicaid, Medicare, the VA, Tricare, and other governmental benefit programs out of vasts amounts of money.

Several governmental officials have made it clear that those who defraud the Medicaid program, Medicare, the VA, Tricare, CHIP and other government benefit programs will be held accountable for their actions.  Recent changes in the False Claims Act and other Qui Tam laws have created stronger protections and economic incentives for whistleblowers with knowledge of drug price fraud and other forms of Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud.  As such, it is important for drug price fraud whistleblowers, pharmaceutical representative whistleblowers, medical device sales representative whistleblowers, drug marketing representative whistleblowers, and other drug executive whistleblowers to blow the whistle on drug fraud pricing schemes.


Pharmaceutical Company Drug Price Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Drug Company False Drug Pricing Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Pharmaceutical Executive Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Medicaid False Drug Price Lawsuit Information, and Medicare False Drug Pricing Lawsuit Information

Pharmaceutical Companies and Drug Companies that engage in schemes to report false and inflated prices for pharmaceutical products, knowing that federal healthcare programs rely on those reported prices to set payment rates are committing Drug Price Fraud and can be held liable for these illegal actions.  The difference between the resulting inflated government payments and the actual price paid by healthcare providers for a drug is referred to as the “spread.” The larger the spread on a drug, the larger the profit for the drug company, health care provider or pharmacist who is reimbursed by the government.  For this reason there is an economic incentive for drug companies to artificially inflate the spread or price as much as possible in order to make higher profits at the expense of taxpayers.

Pharmaceutical Executives that commit drug pricing fraud, cooperate with other drug executives that are committing drug price fraud, or fail to report fraudulent drug price schemes can be held liable for criminal and civil prosecution.  In fact, several pharmaceutical executives have been convicted of drug price fraud and have been sent to prison.  Further, the government is cracking done on drug price fraud schemes and is actively encouraging drug price fraud whistleblowers to step forward to report fraudulent drug pricing schemes that are costing government health care programs like Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, and the Veteran's Administration millions of dollars.  Pharmaceutical Sales Executives, Pharmacists, Drug Representatives, and other health care professionals that properly blow the whistle on fraudulent drug pricing schemes can receive a significant recovery on money recovered by being the first to file on Drug Price Medicare fraud, Drug Price Medicaid fraud, Drug Price Tricare fraud, and/or Drug Price VA.

Drug Price Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Inflated Average Wholesale Price Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Medicare Fraudulent Drug Price Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Drug Price Kickback Whistleblower Lawsuit Information, Pharmaceutical False Price Information Whistleblower Lawsuit, and Drug Representative Whistleblower Lawsuit Information 

Pharmaceutical executives and representatives who are the original source of specialized knowledge of drug pricing fraud can recover large economic rewards for properly reporting fraudulent drug pricing schemes.  A successful false claims act qui tam claim can not only result in a significant recovery for the drug representative whistleblower, pharmaceutical executive whistleblower, or pharmaceutical accounting whistleblower, but can result in uncovering Medicare price fraud, Medicaid price fraud, Tricare price fraud, and/or VA price fraud that could result in millions or billions of dollars being recovered or saved by taxpayers.

There are several keys to a successful Drug Price Fraud False Claims Act Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit including 1) obtaining original and specialized information of the fraud, 2) being the first to file regarding the specific fraud, and 3) protecting the whistleblower for retaliation.