CMS Proposes Sweeping Changes to Restore Doctor-Patient Relationship
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Talk to any healthcare provider and one of the things you likely will hear is that they spend too much ...
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Sen. Rubio to Introduce Bill to Crackdown on Florida Shuffle
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Have you heard of the Florida Shuffle? It’s not a new dance step, it’s what they call it when substance ...
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Common Healthcare Fraud Schemes
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last month’s indictment of more than 600 people nationwide in what the feds dubbed “the largest healthcare fraud takedown in ...
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HIPAA Violation Results in $4.3M Fine for Cancer Center
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If you haven’t taken stringent measures to protect patient privacy, this recent ruling from a U.S. Department of Health and ...
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Doctors, Nurses, Other Healthcare Pros Rounded up in Opioid and Medicare Fraud Sweep
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Doctors, nurses, addiction treatment professionals, pharmacists and hundreds of others are among the 601 people across 58 federal districts charged ...
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Do you Know Your Obligations Under the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Provisions?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
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
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
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
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
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
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
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
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
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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