HHS Rescinds Opioid Treatment Guidelines, Now What?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Just days after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the creation of new guidelines designed to ...
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EHR Companies Increasingly the Focus of DOJ Fraud Investigators
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Massachusetts-based electronic health records (EHR) company will pay more than $18 million to resolve allegations that it paid illegal ...
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Settling FCA Claim From the Great Beyond
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Just because you die, it doesn’t mean you can’t be held accountable for illegal activity conducted while you were still ...
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Audits and Oversight Top OIG’s Workplan List for January
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The January update to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Workplan ...
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Healthcare Jobs Top 100 Best Jobs List for 2021
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If you are wondering what are the best professions for 2021, look no further than the most recent “100 Best ...
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High Court Refuses to Take up Whistleblower Case That Relied on Statistical Analysis
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last month, the United States Supreme Court declined a request by a whistleblower to take up a case in which ...
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OIG Issues Four Advisory Opinions in December
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) cranked out four Advisory Opinions in ...
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Pharma Giant Pays $22M to Settle Alleged Kickback Scheme Involving Charitable Foundations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Pharma giant Biogen Inc. has become the most recent company to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act ...
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HHS Proposes Revisions to HIPAA Privacy Rule
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is seeking to revise the HIPAA Privacy ...
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OIG to Recover $4B in 2020 Resulting From Investigative Efforts
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently reported that it expects to recover more ...
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