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In recent months, health care identity theft has topped the list of crimes. Identity theft in the health care context and industry involves a con in which criminals tap real patient information to rack up fake charges.

 

The most common method of health care identity fraud occurs when someone with legitimate access, such as a hospital administrator or a doctor's assistant, sells patients' information to organized criminal groups. Increasingly, criminal groups are hacking into digital medical records so that they can steal money from the $450 billion, 44-million-beneficiary Medicare system - making the government, by far, the "single biggest victim" of health care fraud.  All the stolen information includes medical insurance data and Social Security numbers.  With the information, the fraudster falsely bills Medicare and private insurers for drugs, equipment or treatment that were never prescribed.

 

As the nation focuses on health care costs, health care providers and billing services have come under ever closer scrutiny, resulting in a surge in criminal charges. Any health care provider accused of fraud must hire the best defense attorneys available or risk losing their business to ill-founded charges.  If you or your company is facing criminal charges of health insurance fraud or Medicare or Medicaid fraud, contact Bukh & Associates healthcare attorneys to discuss your case with an experienced defense attorney.  Our practice is in and around NY and NJ and our lawyers speak fluent Polish, Spanish, Russian, and of course, English.

 

Bukh & Associates represent:

• Doctors, medical clinics and hospitals
• Durable medical equipment (DME) providers
• Home health care companies and their nurses and personal care attendants
• AIDS infusion therapy clinics
• Medical billing and coding companies

 

The federal government is vigilant in trying to catch institutions it suspects of health care fraud, Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud. The federal government thoroughly researches its health care fraud cases. If you are being investigated or are under indictment, you need an attorney with a proven record of successfully defeating federal charges. Bukh & Associates has gained acquittals in well-known federal cases for clients.