Cooperation With Feds Can Pay Off When Facing False Claims Act Allegations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Jacksonville-based Baptist Health System has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act ...
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Healthcare Organizations Speak Out on FTC Non-Compete Ban
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban non-compete agreements for workers in for-profit companies. The move upends non-compete ...
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Physical Therapist Assistant Convicted in $2.6 Million Healthcare Fraud Scam
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A physical therapist assistant in Hialeah will be sentenced this month for her role in a $2.6 million healthcare fraud ...
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Lying to Federal Investigators Gets Compounding Pharmacy CEO Prison Time in Healthcare Kickback Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A 71-year-old Palm Beach Gardens man who escaped prison in 2019 after resolving a lawsuit alleging that he and others ...
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Hospice Owner and Biller Sentenced for Roles in Hospice Fraud and Medicare Fraud Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The owner of two California-based hospice companies and his biller/consultant have been sentenced to one year and a day in ...
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New Whistleblower Rewards Policy Offers Incentives to Report Misconduct
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
“If your company has had a recent brush with the law, now is the time to invest — and reinvest ...
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Lab Owners to Pay $13.6M in False Claims Act Whistleblower Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Missouri laboratory and its three owners have been ordered to pay more than $13.6 million to settle charges they ...
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Former Nurse Practitioner Faces Prison, Stiff Financial Penalty in Case Involving Medicare Kickbacks
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A former Georgia nurse practitioner, who with her husband owned two telemedicine and two durable medical equipment companies (DME), faces ...
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Sleep Clinic Owner’s Nightmare: Sentenced to Prison for Medicare Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The former owner of a Fresno, Calif. sleep clinic who faced up to 12 years behind bars for his part ...
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Doctor Charged in COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Action Indicted in Kickback Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A New York doctor has been charged in a superseding indictment in connection with an alleged genetic cancer screening and ...
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