About Our Healthcare Law Firm

About Us

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Our Mission

At The Health Law Offices of Anthony C Vitale, our team of highly trained and skilled attorneys and professionals have been helping clients develop successful solutions to their legal and compliance issues for over 30 years.

Our mission is to provide our clients the best possible legal advice and representation in all facets of the law. We specialize in all aspects of healthcare law from Medicare Fraud, Medicaid Fraud, overpayment defense and compliance to licensure and criminal defense.

Our years of experience building working relationships with federal and state regulatory agencies gives us the ability to take a collaborative and strategic approach to resolve your case. The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale can help you to develop effective strategies to identify and correct non-compliance before it affects your business model.

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Healthcare Attorneys
and Professionals

Our firm stays abreast of current trends and changes in healthcare law and regulations. We take a proactive approach designed to mitigate the risk before you become the target of an investigation. Should you become the target of an investigation, we will aggressively defend your rights to ensure you receive due process and a fair hearing.

The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale represents all healthcare provider types, professionals and medical facilities.

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Our practice includes representation in:

Fraud and Abuse Compliance:
  • Clients facing allegations of fraud and abuse
  • Defense of civil and criminal healthcare fraud
  • Medicare, Medicaid, and Insurance Fraud Defense
  • Anti-Kickback and Stark Laws
  • Qui Tam/Whistleblower representation/Corporate Integrity Agreements
  • Defense/Internal Investigations
  • DEA Representation
  • Self-Disclosure
  • AHCA Investigations, Payment suspensions, Terminations
  • Civil Monetary and Exclusion Actions
  • Asset seizures and protections
  • Drafting Compliance Plans, Policies and Procedures
  • Compliance Program Assessment
  • Compliance counseling
Regulatory Matters:
  • Overpayments, audits, payment suspensions, termination and overpayment appeals
  • Healthcare Billing and Coding Management
  • Reimbursement issues
  • HIPAA-related issues
  • Private insurance contract terminations
  • Contracting and credentialing, review and negotiation of healthcare insurance
  • Due diligence and risk exposure analysis for acquisitions and mergers
  • Cost report representation
Professional and Healthcare facility Licensure and Certification Matters:
  • Professional licensing board representation
  • Administrative complaints and investigations: physicians, dentist, nursing, chiropractic, clinical social worker, psychologists, pharmacists and therapists
  • Department of Health Investigations
  • Licensure representation for medical facilities, including pharmacies, CMHC. clinics, home health agencies, substance abuse treatment centers, laboratories, DME and other providers and suppliers.
  • Medical facility licensure and permits
We represent clients before the following agencies:
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
  • U.S. Attorney´s Office
  • Office of the Inspector General
  • Agency for Health care Administration
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
  • Florida Attorney General
  • Professional Licensing Boards
  • Florida Department of Health
  • Florida Department of Financial Services Insurance Fraud Division
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Internal Revenue Service

For more information, give us a call at (305) 358-4500, or send an email to
info@vitalehealthlaw.com and let’s discuss how we might be able to assist you.

Our Team

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Attorney

Anthony C. Vitale

President

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Attorney

Louis V. Martinez

Attorney

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Director

Christopher A. Parrella

Director, 3rd-Party Payor Reimbursement, Coding and Documentation
Certified in Healthcare Compliance
Certified Professional Compliance Officer
Certified Professional Coder
Reimbursement Expert
(Non Lawyer)

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Attorney

Ricardo Gomez

Attorney
 
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Chief Paralegal

Peter Suarez

Paralegal / Office Administrator

Florida Registered Paralegal

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Paralegal

Katrina Sanchez

Paralegal
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IT Manager

Robert (Bob) Guernsey

IT Manager
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IT Department

Maria Guernsey

IT Department