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October a Big Month for Anti-Kickback Cases Involving Compounding Pharmacies

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Oct 30, 2017
Physicians, recruiters and pharmacy owners continue to be the target of ongoing investigations into fraudulent claims involving compounded medications. A ...
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Failure to Repay Can Result in FCA Case

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Oct 23, 2017
There’s nothing wrong with holding on to money for as long as you can before giving it back, is there? ...
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VA Proposal Would Expand Access to Care Via Telemedicine

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Oct 16, 2017
Challenged by limited healthcare resources, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a proposal that would allow VA healthcare ...
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GAO: CMS Fraud Prevention Working

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Oct 9, 2017
The days of “pay and chase†in the world of healthcare fraud are waning thanks to fraud prevention methods that ...
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Government Cracking Down on Genetic Testing Labs

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Oct 2, 2017
As the use of genetic testing has grown in popularity, so too have the number of investigations into allegations that ...
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CMS Issues Guidance on When a Hospital is a Hospital

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 25, 2017
Is your hospital really a hospital? Well, that depends on whether Medicare deems it so. Earlier this month, the Centers ...
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Joint Commission Issues Alert on Hand-off Communication

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 18, 2017
“What we have here is a failure to communicate†is a line from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. It’s ...
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The FCA and the Use of Statistical Sampling

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 11, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice late last month agreed to a $275,000 settlement in a False Claims Act case against ...
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New vs. Established Patient Billing: Are You Doing It Properly?

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 5, 2017
It’s no secret that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) has been ...
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CMS Revamps Medicare Audit Strategy

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Aug 28, 2017
Good news for some healthcare providers and not so good news for others. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid has ...
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