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Risk Adjustment Fraud

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4 Key takeaways from 9th Circuit’s Resurrection of the Silingo Medicare Advantage Case

Posted  07/20/18
Whistleblower attorney Jessica Moore published in Becker's Hospital Review (July 20, 2018).  Click here to read the article.

Medicare Parts C and D: A look at cases and recent developments surrounding Medicare Parts C and D and risk adjustment fraud

Posted  11/2/17
CC Attorney Mary Inman
Moderator; 17th Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Conference, Washington D.C. (November 2, 2017).

Moderator: "Medicare Parts C and D: A look at cases and recent developments surrounding Medicare Parts C and D and risk adjustment fraud"

Posted  11/2/17
CC Attorney Mary Inman
17th Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Conference (November 2, 2017) By Mary Inman

Freedom Health/Optimum - Healthcare Fraud/Medicare Advantage ($32.5 million)

Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower in a False Claims Act case alleging Freedom Health and Optimum Healthcare inflated their Medicare Advantage patient risk scores to secure artificially high Medicare reimbursement.  In May 2017, the companies agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle the matter.  Our client received a whistleblower award of roughly $6.4 million.  Read more -- NPRMiami Herald, DOJ, CC.

Aftershocks of the Feds' Big Bust: Lessons Learned

Posted  07/18/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Listen to RAC Monitor's broadcast program, "Aftershocks of the Feds' Big Bust: Lessons Learned," featuring Constantine Cannon Partner, Mary Inman. Ms. Inman discusses the DOJ's recent Health Care Fraud Takedown and the prosecution of medical professionals involved in opioid-related crimes as a DOJ health care enforcement priority (at 21:30 of the broadcast). Click here for more.

May 30, 2017

Florida-based managed care service provider Freedom Health Inc. agreed to pay roughly $32 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in illegal schemes to maximize its Medicare Advantage plan payments from the government.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former Freedom Health employee and Constantine Cannon client Darren D. Sewell.  He will receive a yet-to-be-determine whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  Whistleblower Insider

May 31, 2017

Partner Mary Inman was quoted in the following articles:
  • Florida Medicare Advantage insurer settles whistleblower lawsuit for $32 million, Miami Herald, and
  • Whistleblower Triggers $32.5 Million Settlement with Florida Managed Care Organization, RAC Monitor.