Defense Against Charges of Medicaid and Medicare Fraud

Medicaid and Medicare fraud can be a trap for doctors and other medical professionals. These laws are complicated and make it very difficult to properly bill for services. The law requires you to bill using a convoluted code, including CPT and ICD-9. A civil audit may turn quickly into a criminal investigation. For more information about allegations of health care fraud, call the Orlando, Florida, Law Offices of Mark L. Horwitz, P.A. at (407) 401-7224 or (866) 784-0023. We are available to represent medical providers practicing in the cities throughout Florida including Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Ocala, Daytona Beach, Windermere, Bay Hill and Jupiter.

The complexities of Medicaid and Medicare fraud laws make it easy to make an innocent mistake. Our experienced criminal defense attorneys represent people accused of:

• Falsifying medical services that were provided 
• Billing for medical services that were not provided
• Over charging for medical services and retaining overpayments 
• Falsifying private insurance claims 
• Kickbacks
• Upcoding and other forms of billing fraud

Doctors must comply with the convoluted and ever-changing codes including current procedural terminology (CPT) and international classification of diseases, ninth revision (ICD-9) codes. The ambiguity associated with such billing procedures makes a mistake highly likely and may cause a Doctor to face criminal investigation because of mistakes. If you under investigation or charged with Medicaid and Medicare fraud, speak to one of our experienced lawyers about your case.

RICO Prosecutions

If you face prosecution under the federal RICO act, it is even more important to have an attorney versed in federal and state criminal RICO defense. If convicted under RICO, you may face both criminal penalties and forfeiture. If sued civilly under RICO, you may face treble damages. What was a simple billing error may turn into a serious federal crime.

For more information, visit our Health Care Fraud Web site, or speak to an attorney at the Law Offices of Mark L. Horwitz, by calling (407) 401-7224 or (866) 784-0023. Submit any questions you have about Medicaid and Medicare fraud by filling out the attached contact us form.