Tampa, Orlando FL Medicare Fraud Attorney
Whittel & Melton, LLC
320 West Kennedy Blvd. #700
Tampa, Florida (813)221-3200
7932 W. Sand Lake Road, #106
Orlando, Florida (866)608-5529

The Florida Medicare and Medicaid Defense Lawyers at Whittel & Melton will provide you and your medical office effective, aggressive and learned criminal defense. If you have been contacted by law enforcement or if you are under active investigation - you need competent legal criminal legal counsel immediately! If you have been arrested do not negotiate or comment on your case with law enforcement or worse the prosecutors without discussing your case with a qualified criminal defense law firm.

Gainesville, Ocala FL Medicaid Fraud Lawyer
Whittel & Melton, LLC
2627 NW 43^rd Street, #201
Gainesville, Florida (352)264-7800
118 SW Fort King Street
Ocala, Florida (352)369-5334

Whittel & Melton, LLC is ready to assist and lead your defense. State and Federal Agents commonly go after all types of groups in these cases. Alleging Up coding and other irregularities, Kickbacks to patients/staff, Billing for non-service, over charging for medical services or simply fraudulent submission of medical forms is the norm. Obviously Doctors, medical office/clinic owners/ board of directors, billing employees, but also D.M.E. associates (aka durable medical equipment providers) can be the target of the prosecution. Florida has become ground zero for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud. Specifically, the media has speculated that nationally healthcare fraud accounts for $68 - $226 billion a year.

In 2009, 227 people in the courts of the Southern District of Florida, Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe County were charged with some kind of Medical billing illegalities of an estimated $951 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. It is because of this dark cloud created in South Florida, that the rest of medical community in Florida, specifically Central Florida and the I-4 corridor has been under increased scrutiny.

Spring Hill, New Port Richey Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Law Firm
Whittel & Melton, LLC
4121 Mariner Blvd.
Spring Hill, Florida (352)666-6666
5435 Main Street
New Port Richey, Florida (727)847-2299

Our advice is that your begin your defense as early as possible - nothing good can come from speaking to law enforcement before speaking to an attorney. Whatever you were going to tell them before, you can tell them after speaking with an attorney. Don't face the Judge Alone!

If, for instance, you feel that your Medicaid ICD-9 or CPT coding is being investigated - don't wait to be audited or questioned by the Attorney General's office, FBI, FDLE or your local Sheriff's Office.

Call us today for a free consultation. We will work to defend you before you're charged so that maybe you're NOT charged. Don't wait for an indictment or information to filed against you - call us today.