Report Hospice Fraud: Hospice Fraud Whistleblowers Are Needed To Report False Certifications and Other Hospice Fraud by Hospice Fraud Qui Tam Lawyer Jason S. Coomer
Large financial rewards are being offered to hospice fraud whistleblowers that are the first to step forward
to report large hospice care providers
that are committing hospice fraud. If you are aware of a large
hospice care provider or other health care company that
is committing hospice fraud, please feel free to contact Hospice Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer.
For more information on hospice fraud, please read below or go to the following web page: Report Hospice Fraud Information.
Large Hospice Providers in The Unites States Are Receiving Hundreds of
Millions of Dollars in Government Benefits and Some Have Been Committing Hospice
Fraud
Hospice fraud is on the rise as many
large corporations have tried to increase their profits
through false certifications, over billing, and other
forms of hospice fraud. Because Medicare, the health program for the elderly and
the disabled, automatically pays the vast majority of
the bills it receives from companies that possess
federally issued supplier numbers, many large companies
have learned that hospice fraud is lucrative and is
often not detected.
However, there have been several large health
care providers that have been made to pay large
multimillion dollar fines for hospice fraud lawsuits.
These lawsuits include cases against Odyssey Healthcare
Inc. and SouthernCare. There are several other hospice
fraud lawsuits that are currently pending and large
rewards are being offered to professionals, employees,
and other whistleblowers that are the first to be able
to expose large scale hospice fraud being committed by a
large hospice provider. Some of the largest hospice providers
in the United States include: Vitas, Gentiva, HCR ManorCare, Amedisys, Aseracare, Hospice of the Valley,
Compassionate Care Hospice, Seasons Hospice, Hospice Compassus, Southern Care,
Providence, Harden Healthcare, Crossroads Hospice, American Hospice, Tidewell
Hospice, Hospice of Palm Beach County, Suncoast Hospice, Community Hospice of
Northeast, Hope Hospice; Community Services, and Hospice of the Western
Reserve.
Hospice Fraud Can Occur When A Hospice
Care Provider Falsely Certifies or Recertifies Patients
That Are Not Eligible For Hospice Benefits
Hospice Care Providers that practice
a pattern of enrolling and recertifying non-terminal
patients and billing for continuous care that isn't
necessary or reasonable can be committing Hospice
Medicare Fraud. Other Hospice Care Providers that
fraudulently maximize the use of Medicare’s hospice
benefit by pressuring its employees to enroll people
into hospice who aren’t dying and resist discharging
them despite evidence they weren’t deteriorating can
also be committing Hospice Medicare Fraud that can be
the also be the basis of a Hospice Federal False Claims
Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit. These Hospice
Medicare Fraud Schemes typically have a large health
care and hospice provider recruite patients eligible for
skilled nursing care for 20 days, for which Medicare
pays the entire bill. After the 20 days, when Medicare
requires patients pick up a part of the tab, the health
care and hospice provider will send the patients to
hospice to collect a flat payment from Medicare for each
day they are enrolled. In these fraudulent
arrangements a patient will typically be referred and
re-referred until that patient has received—and Medicare
has been billed for—the maximum number of days of
skilled nursing care, including rehabilitative therapy,
home health care, and hospice care.
By being the first to expose a
hospice Medicare fraud scheme, a hospice Medicare fraud
whistleblower can receive a substantial reward for
properly blowing the whistle on fraudulent hospice care
providers.
Hospice Fraud Whistleblowers Can Include Doctors, Nurses, Hospice Employees, or Anyone With Original Knowledge of Hospice Fraud
Hospice fraud whistleblowers are needed to step forward
and blow the whistle on large hospice care providers
that are committing hospice fraud. If you are aware of a large
hospice care provider or other health care company that
is commiting hospice fraud,
please feel free to contact Hospice Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer.