Health Care Fraud
Strategies to defend against allegations of health care fraud.
Health Care Fraud Attorneys in Charlotte, NC
Dowling Defense Group routinely defends physicians and business owners under investigation for, or charged with, health care fraud.
The federal health care fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1347, makes it a crime to devise and execute a scheme to defraud a health care benefit program or to seek to obtain money or property from a health care benefit program through false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises.
Health care fraud is punishable by up to 10 years in federal prison and hefty fines. Dowling Defense Group routinely secures favorable resolutions for clients under investigation for health care fraud. In any health care fraud case, it is critical to have the advice of counsel at an early stage to try to mitigate the exposure to criminal liability at the outset—even, and especially, before an indictment is issued.
Federal prosecutors usually charge additional offenses in health care fraud cases, including conspiracy and money laundering.
