National Health Care Fraud Appeals Attorneys

If you have been wrongly convicted of healthcare fraud, you need a team of experienced, national healthcare appellate attorneys by your side. Why? Because health care fraud is an extremely complicated area of law, and the appeals process requires experts who know not just the nuances of healthcare law, but also criminal law.

The Federal Healthcare Fraud Statute is a “catch-all” provision used by the government to encompass virtually any type of health care fraud, including:

• 18 U.S.C. § 1347 – The Federal Health Care Fraud Statute
• 18 U.S.C. § 1349 – Attempt and Conspiracy
• 18 U.S.C. § 1341 – Mail Fraud
• 18 U.S.C. § 1343 – Wire Fraud
• 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b – Anti-Kickback
• 41 U.S.C. § 3729 – False Claims Act

The statute specifically states that anyone who “knowingly and willfully executes or attempts to execute a scheme to defraud any health care benefit program or obtain by means of false pretenses, representations, or promises, any of the money or property owned by, or under the custody or control of, any health care benefit program” is guilty of fraud and subject to imprisonment.

The penalties for a conviction for the offenses listed above can be devastating, including both imprisonment and monetary penalties or sanctions. The consequences of a healthcare fraud conviction will impact the rest of your personal and professional life.