Post by Logan on Jan 26, 2016 22:45:46 GMT -6
Former healthcare CEO claims he was fired for reporting $10 million in fraudulent Medicare charges
The former CEO of a major healthcare provider in Roseburg filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit Tuesday claiming he was fired and blacklisted after reporting $10 million in fraudulent Medicare payments to Douglas County doctors.
Dr. Robert Dannenhoffer, a long-time Roseburg pediatrician, claims the board of Architrave Health LLC terminated him last February after he insisted the company self-report improper Medicare payments to the Umpqua Medical Group.
Umpqua is a subsidiary of Architrave.
"Dr. Dannenhoffer was fired because he did the right thing," said Jennifer Middleton, the Eugene attorney representing Dannenhoffer. "He is the definition of a whistleblower."
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/01/former_healthcare_ceo_claims_h.html
The former CEO of a major healthcare provider in Roseburg filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit Tuesday claiming he was fired and blacklisted after reporting $10 million in fraudulent Medicare payments to Douglas County doctors.
Dr. Robert Dannenhoffer, a long-time Roseburg pediatrician, claims the board of Architrave Health LLC terminated him last February after he insisted the company self-report improper Medicare payments to the Umpqua Medical Group.
Umpqua is a subsidiary of Architrave.
"Dr. Dannenhoffer was fired because he did the right thing," said Jennifer Middleton, the Eugene attorney representing Dannenhoffer. "He is the definition of a whistleblower."
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/01/former_healthcare_ceo_claims_h.html