Archive for February 2018
OIG Report: Medicare Paid out Millions in Improper Payments to Chiropractors
A report issued this month by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) finds that about half of Medicare payments made for chiropractic services between 2010 and 2015 were improper – that is they either were not medically necessary, not billed properly or not sufficiently documented. The report, titled “Medicare needs better controls to prevent fraud,…
Read MoreFlorida Telemedicine Update
Filed last September by Florida Senator Aaron Bean, Senate Bill 280, which establishes the standard of care for telehealth and defines the scope of practice for the delivery of telehealth services, is winding its way through the 2018 Legislative session. The bill has gone through the Banking and Insurance and the Health Policy committees, and…
Read MoreSecond FCA Whistleblower Case Dismissed – What's a Lawyer to Do?
For the second time in the last few weeks, a Florida district court judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a healthcare company alleging fraud. The most recent dismissal, which took place on February 6, was of a lawsuit against electronic software company Epic that alleged it had overbilled for anesthesia procedures. In dismissing…
Read MoreDOJ Memo Spurs Speculation Over Future of Whistleblower Cases
Should a recent internal memo from the U.S. Department of Justice on the dismissal of qui tam cases serve as a bellwether for the healthcare industry, or is it just a re-statement of existing policy issued in light of the increasing number of such cases being filed. That’s the question being asked by many attorneys…
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