What Does Florida’s New Opioid Legislation Mean for Your Practice?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Responding to the spike in opioid-related overdoses and fatalities, the Florida Legislature has passed a bill (HB 21) that institutes ...
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OIG Report Finds Vulnerabilities at HHAs That Could Lead to Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Home health agencies are required to submit to onsite surveys to ensure they are complying with Medicare standards. But a ...
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Dumpster Diver Demonstrates Importance of Proper Medical Record Storage and Disposal
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Just because a business closes its doors, it doesn’t mean that it no longer is obligated to safeguard patients’ protected ...
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OIG Report: Medicare Paid out Millions in Improper Payments to Chiropractors
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A report issued this month by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) finds that about half of Medicare payments made ...
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Florida Telemedicine Update
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Filed last September by Florida Senator Aaron Bean, Senate Bill 280, which establishes the standard of care for telehealth and ...
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DOJ Memo Spurs Speculation Over Future of Whistleblower Cases
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Should a recent internal memo from the U.S. Department of Justice on the dismissal of qui tam cases serve as ...
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Appeals Court Issues Precedential Ruling in Charitable Assistance Organization Kickback Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The increase in enforcement activity related to donations made by pharmaceutical manufacturers to nonprofit patient charitable assistance organizations has resulted ...
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Judge: Third Try Won’t be the Charm for Whistleblower
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A U.S. District Court Judge earlier this month tossed a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a Florida compounding pharmacy finding that ...
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OIG Notifies Pharmaceutical Companies They Can Provide Free Medication to Those Losing Charitable Assistance
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In late November, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General revoked an Advisory Opinion ...
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OIG WorkPlan Update for December Includes Six New Initiatives
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The HHS Office of the Inspector General continues to update its Work Plan each month and ended the year in ...
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