2024 NHCAA Award Winners

NHCAA’s 2024 Annual Awards Program culminated in a ceremony on November 20, 2024, held as part of the NHCAA Annual Training Conference (ATC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Awards honoring a long-standing NHCAA volunteer, a community education program featuring a partnership between a private insurer and law enforcement, a case enhanced by the use of SIRIS, and the investigative and prosecutorial teams of a complex and far-reaching health care fraud case were bestowed. Three honorable mention awards were conferred as well. Follow the links for a description of each achievement. NHCAA congratulates all of our 2024 awardees!

INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Investigation of the Year Award honors an outstanding and effective health care fraud investigation and its impact on fraud deterrence and prevention. Complex multi-organization health care fraud cases that include an in-depth investigation followed by a successful prosecution are often candidates for this award.

• United States of America v. Mathew James
• Honorable Mention: Decade Long South Florida Physical Therapy Fraud: Unveiling the Multimillion Dollar Kickback and Recruitment Scandal
• Honorable Mention: Operation Nightingale
• Honorable Mention: United States of America v. Nagaindra Srivastav

SIRIS® INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

The SIRIS® Investigation of the Year Award recognizes a successful health care fraud case that was created or significantly enhanced as a result of using SIRIS® — NHCAA’s online Special Investigation Resource and Intelligence System.

• People of the State of California v. Brian Sutton et al.

EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC AWARENESS AWARD

Each year NHCAA bestows an Excellence in Public Awareness Award to an individual or an organization who has, through their work, contributed towards the public awareness of health care fraud. Award winners, selected by NHCAA, help bring to light the importance of combating health care fraud and its destructive impact on our nation’s health care system and citizens.

• Elder Fraud Awareness Initiative

JOHN MORRIS VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD

This award was established in 2018 to honor the memory of John George Morris, Jr., one of NHCAA’s most ardent and loyal supporters. John was a founding member of NHCAA in 1985 and served for many years on the NHCAA Board of Directors, including as Board Chair in 2003.

• Supervisory Special Agent Joseph S. Parker, Jr.
  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Download the full 2024 Awards Program.

To learn more about NHCAA’s annual awards program, click here.