Practitioner Beware: OIG Issues Telemedicine Fraud Alert
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The increasing number of fraudulent schemes involving telemedicine companies prompted the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health ...
Read More Three Dozen Charged in $1.2 Billion Healthcare Fraud Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Justice, through coordinated investigations across 13 districts, has filed criminal charges against three dozen defendants who ...
Read More Florida Doctor Sentenced for Role in Sober Home Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Florida psychiatrist and medical director of two South Florida addiction treatment facilities was recently sentenced to four-and-a-half years in ...
Read More Healthcare Fraud Efforts Net $5B in FY 2021
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The federal government’s crackdown on healthcare fraud resulted in more than $5 billion in judgments and settlements in Fiscal Year ...
Read More North Carolina MD Indicted in $11M DME Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Charlotte, N.C. internist has been indicted on charges she defrauded federal healthcare programs out of more than $11 million ...
Read More Florida Man Gets 14 Years in Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The owner and operator of telemarketing and telemedicine companies faces 14 years behind bars after pleading guilty to healthcare and ...
Read More Watchdog Agency Details Enforcement Activities During Six-Month Period
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) expects to make nearly $3 billion in ...
Read More Billing Under Another’s Credentials Results in FCA Violation for Therapy Company
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Macon, Ga. rehab facility has been ordered to pay more than $9.6 million in damages after a district court ...
Read More Six MDs Added to Laboratory Civil False Claims Case Filed in April
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Justice has added six physicians to a Civil False Claims Act complaint it originally filed in ...
Read More Pharmacy Owner, Others Sentenced in $174M Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Florida pharmacy owner, his co-conspirators and seven related corporate entities recently were sentenced by a federal judge in Greenville ...
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