October a Big Month for Anti-Kickback Cases Involving Compounding Pharmacies
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Physicians, recruiters and pharmacy owners continue to be the target of ongoing investigations into fraudulent claims involving compounded medications. A ...
Read More Failure to Repay Can Result in FCA Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
There’s nothing wrong with holding on to money for as long as you can before giving it back, is there? ...
Read More VA Proposal Would Expand Access to Care Via Telemedicine
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Challenged by limited healthcare resources, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a proposal that would allow VA healthcare ...
Read More GAO: CMS Fraud Prevention Working
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The days of “pay and chase†in the world of healthcare fraud are waning thanks to fraud prevention methods that ...
Read More Government Cracking Down on Genetic Testing Labs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
As the use of genetic testing has grown in popularity, so too have the number of investigations into allegations that ...
Read More CMS Issues Guidance on When a Hospital is a Hospital
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Is your hospital really a hospital? Well, that depends on whether Medicare deems it so. Earlier this month, the Centers ...
Read More Joint Commission Issues Alert on Hand-off Communication
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
“What we have here is a failure to communicate†is a line from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. It’s ...
Read More The FCA and the Use of Statistical Sampling
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Justice late last month agreed to a $275,000 settlement in a False Claims Act case against ...
Read More New vs. Established Patient Billing: Are You Doing It Properly?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It’s no secret that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) has been ...
Read More CMS Revamps Medicare Audit Strategy
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Good news for some healthcare providers and not so good news for others. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid has ...
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