United States Government Joins Whistleblower Case against Chicago Area Home Health Care Companies
CHICAGO, Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosenblat Law is pleased to announce that the United States Attorney's Office in Chicago has joined in a lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act and has filed a complaint in intervention. The government's complaint alleges that defendants Docs at the Door, P.C., Gateway Health Systems, Inc., Ajibola Ayeni, and Joy H. Turner-Ayeni, defrauded the United States by submitting false claims to Medicare. The complaint alleges that false claims were submitted for unnecessary or non-performed services and that Docs at the Door submitted false certifications of Medicare patients' homebound status and that home physician visits were upcoded or billed at a higher level. The government alleges that defendants submitted false claims to Medicare worth millions of dollars.
The government complaint arose from a lawsuit filed under seal in 2013 under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act which permits a private person to file a lawsuit on behalf of the government. The qui tam plaintiff or whistleblower is often referred to as a "relator" and is represented by Mike Rosenblat, of Rosenblat Law. "The False Claims Act is the government's best tool to fight fraud, waste, and abuse and the government encourages these lawsuits by awarding whistleblowers 15-25% of the recovery in a case in which the government intervenes and between 25-30% in a case in which the government does not intervene. The government is also entitled to three times that amount of damages plus a civil penalty for each false claim submitted," said Rosenblat.
About Rosenblat Law:
Mr. Rosenblat founded Rosenblat Law in 2002 and has extensive experience in False Claims Act cases. Before establishing his Chicago area False Claims Act, healthcare investigation/audit defense, and criminal defense law firm, Mr. Rosenblat was an attorney with the Illinois Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Unit, and Special Litigation Bureau. Mr. Rosenblat works closely with other attorneys and law firms to successfully serve whistleblowers throughout the United States.
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