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Mr. Barbera is a veteran hospital administrator with over 30 years experience. He has served as a CEO for six hospitals ranging in size from 95 beds to over 400 beds in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sector. In January 1996, Mr. Barbera was recruited by Tenet Healthcare to serve as the CEO for National Medical Services, a subsidiary physician practice management company in Florida. In May 1997, Mr. Barbera filed a qui tam action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleging that Tenet Healthcare violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for reimbursement to Medicare of employed physicians for whom Tenet gave unlawful inducements for patient referrals. In March 2004, this case settled with Tenet agreeing to pay the United States $22.5 million to resolve allegations that one of its facilities improperly billed Medicare for millions of dollars for referrals provided by physicians with whom the hospital had prohibited financial arrangements. Mr. Barbera is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and a graduate of Florida International University with a master’s degree in health services administration. Currently, Mr. Barbera serves as a Senior Advisor for Clifton Gunderson LLP and a consultant specializing in general hospital management, physician/hospital relationships, organizational structures, physician and hospital compliance with fraud and abuse regulations, and the outsourcing of government owned and operated healthcare treatment facilities.

Catch compliance complaints early to keep you out of the news and court dockets!

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In 2006, health care providers settled for more than $1.2 billion in whistleblower cases, a 32% increase from the year before! Whistleblower lawsuits can cost a hospital or physician practice millions of dollars – and the government spotlight on these cases are getting brighter. 

Catching compliance complaints early and often can keep you out of the news and court dockets. Sal Barbera complained “half a dozen times” to his supervisor before taking his case public by filing a qui tam lawsuit. Had his compliance department taken his complaint seriously, Barbera says he wouldn’t have filed the suit, and Tenet could have saved millions of dollars and almost a decade of legal battles.

Sal Barbera is a real whistleblower who settled his lawsuit against Tenet Health Care in 2004. The hospital group paid $22.5 million to settle fraud allegations—the largest sum to date paid by a hospital group for a Stark violation qui tam law suit.

In this exclusive 90-minute web conference with Barbera, you’ll:

• Understand what motivates and deters a whistleblower from going public and what steps he/she will take before filing a qui tam lawsuit
• Gain tips for dealing with compliance complaints internally, before a potential whistleblower takes his or her complaint to the Feds
• Learn how to minimize your exposure to Federal qui tam lawsuits
• Discover what the OIG and DOJ are looking for in qui tam investigations

Barbera currently counsels potential whistleblowers as an independent consultant. After working with the OIG and Justice Department for seven years, he knows what the government looks for in qui tam investigations, and can provide you with the insight you need to avoid a whistleblower disaster at your organization. 

Plus: Pick a whistleblower’s brain—you’ll have to opportunity to ask him about his own, straight-from-the-headlines experience.

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