The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale

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Do you Know Your Obligations Under the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Provisions?

A Philadelphia-based personal injury law firm has paid $28,000 to settle allegations that it failed to reimburse the government for ...
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Advisory Opinion: Clinic Can Provide Free Telemedicine Equipment, Services

A nonprofit, federally qualified health center look-alike (FQHC) can use grant funds to provide telehealth equipment and services for free ...
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CMS Policy Changes to Drug Benefit Program Targets Opioid Abuse

Effective June 15, policy changes for the prescription drug benefit program finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) ...
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OIG Opinion: Providing Sample Ostomy Products Does not Violate Anti-Kickback Statute

An ostomy product distributor can give free samples to Medicare patients without worrying about violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, according ...
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CMS Wants to Revive Controversial HHA Claim Review Process

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to revive a controversial demonstration project for Medicare fee-for-service home health ...
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Nationwide Push on to Remove Gag from Pharmacists

If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, gag clauses that prohibit pharmacies from telling customers how they can save money ...
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VA Physicians to Start Practicing Across State Lines

Starting June 11, VA healthcare providers will be allowed to deliver care via telemedicine across state lines. As we wrote ...
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OIG Report Critical of AHCA’s Nursing Home Violation Verifications

Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is under fire for failing to ensure that nursing homes followed through and ...
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CMS Issues Slew of New Rules and Policies to Improve Patient Care, Boost Reimbursements

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has been busy pushing out proposed rules and policy changes that will impact ...
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Medical Associations Propose New Payment Model for Opioid Addiction Treatment

Recognizing that the current payment structure for physicians who provide outpatient opioid addiction treatment is not working, the American Medical ...
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