Health care fraud can be committed by medical providers, patients, and others who intentionally deceive the health care system to receive illegal benefits or payments.
Health care fraud is not a victimless crime. It affects everyone—individuals and businesses alike—and causes tens of billions of dollars in losses each year. It can raise health insurance premiums, expose you to unnecessary medical procedures, and increase taxes.
The FBI is the primary agency for investigating health care fraud for both federal and private insurance programs. See More
that Advanced Pain Management (“APM”) has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims asserting violations of the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks and by performing medically unnecessary laboratory tests. APM is a collection of companies including Advanced Pain Management Holdings, Inc. (“APMH”), its wholly-owned subsidiaries APM Wisconsin MSO and Advanced Pain Management LLC, and Advanced Pain Management S.C. (“APM SC”).