Undercover: How I Went From Company Man to FBI Spy and Exposed the Worst Healthcare Fraud in U.S. History

When John Schilling an unassuming midlevel accountant joined Columbia Healthcare Corporation -- the nations fastest growing and revolutionary network of public hospitals -- it seemed like the start of an exciting new career with great advancement and earnings potential. He never expected to become a catalyst for the series of whistleblower lawsuits that ripped through the healthcare industry in the late 1990s In Undercover John Schilling tells the story of his harrowing journey from ordinary citizen and loyal employee to covert FBI informant and top witness for the Justice Department in the largest criminal healthcare fraud case in U.S. history. It began when he stumbled upon evidence-- a $3.5 million accounting error--of his companys routine practice of defrauding Medicare. When pressured to comply with stealing from taxpayers Schilling knew he had to speak up for what he believed was right regardless of the cost to his job his reputation and his family. His courageous choice would consume the next seven years of his life leading to more drama angst turmoil and money than he could have imagined. Ultimately Schillings moral conviction and a little known law the False Claims Act paid off by forcing the formidable healthcare conglomerate of Columbia/HCA to pay back $1.7 billion to the federal government. Revealing the personal side of a thankless role Undercover is a gripping and inspiring account of a long hard life-- changing quest for justice. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR UNDERCOVER Undercover crackles with authenticity as it recounts in a lively readable style how a man on the inside risked everything and blew the whistle on a giant healthcare company that was systematically looting the Medicare program out of billions. A good read for anyone but a must-read for someone who may contemplate taking the same path as John Schilling -- John R. Phillips The nations premier whistleblowing attorney according to the The Wall Street Journal and the National Law Journal John Schillings book is a must-read for whistleblowers. He shows you how hard it can be yet also shows you how to prevail. Best of all John shows you how to be a good citizen -- Jim Moorman past President Taxpayers Against Fraud