Corporate Whistleblower Center Urges Nursing Home Managers or Physicians to Call Them About Reward Programs if They Possess Specific Information About Kickbacks or Medicare Overbilling

    WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "We are urging a manager, or a medical doctor with proof a nursing home is involved in giving pharmaceutical products to patients that were never needed, and then billing Medicare, or Medicaid to call them anytime at 866-714-6466 for information about federal whistleblower programs. At the same time the Center wants to hear about short staffing of nursing homes, and then billing Medicare, or Medicaid for care that was never provided.

"These types of practices cost Medicare, Medicaid, and the taxpayer billions of dollars each year, and as long as the overbilling is over $500,000 we would like to help potential whistleblowers get rewarded if they can prove the wrongdoing." http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com

The Corporate Whistleblower Center is pointing to a recent example where the nation's second-largest nursing home pharmacy agreed to pay $9.25 million to resolve allegations that it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer in exchange for promoting the prescription drug for nursing home patients.

The settlement resolves allegations that in exchange for recommending that physicians prescribe an anti-epileptic drug manufactured, to nursing home residents. The government alleges that the kickbacks were disguised as rebates, educational grants and other financial support.

In this instance the whistleblower will receive $1 million from the federal share of the settlement amount.

The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "We are not just urging nursing home insiders to call us anytime at 866-714-6466 about whistleblower rewards, we also want to hear from managers with proof a dialysis center, a company providing hospice services, a in home healthcare company, a imaging center, or any other kind of company is involved in a significant Medicare, or Medicaid fraud, or overbilling." http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com

Simple rules for a whistleblower from the Corporate Whistleblower Center:

* Do not go to the government first if you are a major whistleblower. The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "Major whistleblowers frequently go to the federal government thinking they will help. It's a huge mistake."
* Do not go to the news media with your whistleblower information. Public revelation of a whistleblower's information could destroy any prospect for a reward.
* Do not try to force a government contractor or corporation to come clean to the government about their wrongdoing.

The Corporate Whistleblower Center wants to emphasize there are high quality whistleblowers in every state including California, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona,Idaho, Nevada, or Washington.

Any type of insider or employee who possesses significant proof of their employer or a government contractor defrauding the federal government is encouraged to contact Corporate Whistleblower Center anytime at 866-714-6466 or via their website at http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com

For attribution purposes please refer to the October 2015 press release on this matter.http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nations-second-largest-nursing-home-pharmacy-pay-925-million-settle-kickback-allegations

Case numbers: The cases are captioned United States ex rel. Spetter v. Abbott Labs., et al., Case No. 10-cv-00006 (W.D. Va.) and United States ex rel. McCoyd v. Abbott Labs., et al., Case No. 07-cv-00081 (W.D. Va.).

# # #