Growth of Telemedicine Sees Increase in Healthcare Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Earlier this month, a New York anesthesiologist was indicted on charges stemming from her role in an alleged telemedicine conspiracy ...
Read More New Telehealth Law Takes Effect in Florida
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Close-up of hands of a nurse typing on laptop On June 25, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB ...
Read More HIPAA Violations Result in More Than Fines: Beware of Jail Time
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Prison Cell Background Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a 62-year-old woman would be spending a ...
Read More Inpatient Providers Settle Payment Dispute with CMS over Medicare Claims
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has ended a two-year dispute settling appeals from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) ...
Read More OCR Fact Sheet Clarifies BA Liability Under HIPAA
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights recently issued a new fact sheet on the ...
Read More OIG Alert: Beware of Genetic Testing Scam
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) recently sent out an alert about ...
Read More OIG Cracks Down on Home Health Questionable Billing Practices
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A few years back, as part of its Work Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of ...
Read More Incident-to Billing Investigation Ends in $118,000 Fine
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A physician in Texarkana, Texas recently agreed to pay $118,000 to settle allegations he engaged in improper billing practices for ...
Read More Florida’s Behavior Analysts Make Some Strides
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Close-up of psychiatrist hands in those of patient Last month, we wrote about Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) ...
Read More DoD Wants to Impose CMPs on Those Who Defraud TRICARE
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Plagued by fraud and abuse targeting its TRICARE program, the U.S. Department of Defense, on May 1, issued a proposed ...
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