Healthcare fraud costs the U.S. government billions of dollars every year and beneficiaries must be alert to the possibility of fraudulent activities. Criminals use a variety of ways to obtain patient information they can use in their fraudulent schemes and...

Medicare fraud can occur when durable medical equipment is inappropriately dispensed or prescribed. Doctors order and use medical devices, including everything from wheelchairs to x-ray machines, to help patients. Using these items without following federal and state...

Certain actions by medical providers involving federal health care programs may lead to charges. The Anti-Kickback Statute forbids accepting or offering cash or other gratuities in exchange for patient referrals. When health care involves services paid for by federal...

When a healthcare professional or facility falsifies information to have Medicaid pay for medical services, that is Medicaid fraud. In 1979, the Texas government created the Texas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit as an extension of the Office of the Attorney General to...

Healthcare fraud serves as a blanket term for numerous actions and situations in which a healthcare professional or provider commits fraudulent acts. Some of these acts get more press coverage than others, such as the illegal selling of prescription drugs or...

Many people working in the medical field have a specific mental image in mind when they hear the term "medical fraud". People working in small clinics especially tend to view this as an issue that plagues larger institutions. However, medical fraud charges can end up...

Health care fraud can lead to serious criminal charges for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. Recently, the U.S Department of Justice announced it had charged a Houston-area pharmacy owner and his accountant for engaging in an illegal fraud scheme. While...

Health care fraud is a very serious crime that can have a long-lasting impact on the lives and livelihoods of others. It is a way for unscrupulous medical professionals to profit off of the suffering of others. This is why the federal government takes these crimes...

When doctors or other health care professionals engage in fraudulent activity, their patients and other innocent victims suffer the repercussions. Because it is such a serious offense, professionals charged with health care fraud in Texas may face an onslaught of...

Like many people in Texas, you may hear reports about health care professionals or health care facilities facing allegations of health care fraud. Some of these cases may center around billing practices and involve private insurance companies or the federal Medicare...