Detroit Area Healthcare Licensing Attorney
Healthcare Fraud, Licensing and Discipline -- Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Attorney
James W. Burdick was a member of the Michigan Board of Medicine for almost a decade and understands the healthcare system inside and out. By law, medical, dental, pharmaceutical and other health professional boards are required to investigate every complaint. Apart from "standard of care" investigations, one of the most common subjects of investigation for medical doctors and other healthcare providers is substance abuse.
Another very common area includes complaints of healthcare fraud, including Medicare and private insurance overbillings or overutilization. Detroit area healthcare licensing attorney James W. Burdick, knows the difference between a simple billing error and healthcare fraud.
Licensing and Discipline Lawyer
Attorney James W. Burdick of Burdick Law, P.C., in Bloomfield Hills, is a healthcare fraud attorney who has successfully represented physicians, podiatrists, nurses, dentists, and pharmacists who have been accused of fraud or substance abuse problems in the state of Michigan and the Detroit metropolitan area. Thanks to Mr. Burdick's keen and experienced representation, virtually every single one of these healthcare providers have either kept their licenses or successfully obtained reinstatement though James W. Burdick's efforts.
He skillfully crafts individualized personal rehabilitation programs for addicted health care providers, first to help the client through his or her crises and then to be able to convince licensing boards of their remorse, contrition and sobriety, resulting in no loss of license and a successful petition for relicensing.
Healthcare Fraud, Ethics Violations and Licensing Issues -- Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Attorney
James W. Burdick has achieved nearly 100 percent success in obtaining license reinstatements for all manner of healthcare violations, even with clients who have had multiple disciplines or multiple criminal convictions. He has been extraordinarily successful representing clients in regard to the following:
Healthcare Fraud -- Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Attorney/Detroit Metro Area
With ever tightening budgets come ever more intrusive regulatory investigations; the pursuit of healthcare fraud and abuse has also heightened, since claims of abuse are more widespread than ever, but the innocent are too often swept up by that tide of eager prosecution. Almost any practitioner who engages in treatment and billing activities could be challenged by regulators, no matter how hard the practitioner works to be honest. If an eager investigator puts the "right" spin on the conduct observed by the investigator, charges and accusations can always follow, . Too often it becomes a question of who is looking and how aggressive they are, not whether someone is actually trying to cheat the system or violate the law. The United States Department of Justice has expanded its Special Medicare Fraud Task Forces across the country, and far more marginal blunders and billing errors are now called "fraud" than ever before.
Federal, state, and private payer insurance companies have similarly grown way more aggressive in pursuing what is found to be the most minor transgressions - things that always were civil matters are now be reclassified as criminal. Thus, far more healthcare providers who are seen to have come "close to the line" in treatment decisions and billings are pursued very aggressively. While some may be cutting corners, most are entirely honest and diligent. Remember, whether something is viewed as a "mistake" or a "crime" is too often based on subjective analysis by over-eager investigators and cost-cutting bean counters. As healthcare payers push harder to uncover improprieties, healthcare fraud attorneys also need to become more aggressive than most are in defense of their clients. Jim Burdick brings just the right blend of aggressive skills and experience, with practical expertise, to give the practitioner the greatest likelihood of success in defending these charges.
Contact a Michigan Doctor, Nurse, Dentist, pharmacist, Chiropractor Discipline Lawyer
At Burdick Law, P.C., our healthcare fraud lawyer regularly represents every type of healthcare provider. We handle matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as before regulatory agencies and all professional boards.
If you have been accused of healthcare fraud, whether guilty or innocent, you need an experienced attorney who knows the criminal fraud laws and is knowledgeable and experienced in healthcare fraud, licensing and discipline.
Burdick Law, P.C. offers representation throughout the United States, Michigan and the Detroit metropolitan area. Contact a Detroit metro area healthcare fraud attorney at (248) 335-5000. We have the reputation, familiarity and comprehensive experience and expertise critical to helping you help yourself.