Move quickly to abjure wrongdoing as biller gets prison time for fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Medicare Part B published an article on the sentencing of a biller indicted on charges stemming from a conspiracy to ...
Read More OMHA to expand Medicare appeals process
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Faced with skyrocketing processing times, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) says it plans to expand its Settlement ...
Read More Struggling with ICD-10 implementation? Our firm can help
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
While many healthcare providers have spent a great deal of time (and money) preparing for the Oct. 1 transition to ...
Read More Healthcare executives on notice, DOJ cracking down on individuals for corporate misconduct
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The federal government has taken a tough stance on healthcare fraud for many years. For the most part, companies caught ...
Read More OIG opinion: Free home health visits are not kickbacks
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently issued an opinion that a home healthcare ...
Read More Florida ALFs latest target of Medicaid fraud investigators
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), and the patient placement agencies with which they work, have become the latest target of Florida’s ...
Read More HME providers take hit following Univita collapse
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Late last month, Univita Health Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The move came shortly after the Miramar-based home health ...
Read More CMS: Medicare ACOs find success in savings, improved quality
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The recent news that Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) generated net savings of $411 million in 2014 and improved in ...
Read More Bundled payments: What impact will they have on your practice?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In an effort to shift payment models away from fee-for-service, more healthcare providers are being paid based on their ability ...
Read More Physicians: Abandoning medical records can get you in trouble
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Florida Board of Medicine recently announced that there has been an increase in the number of reports concerning abandoned ...
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