HRSA Reopens Provider Relief Reporting
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Physicians who accepted federal COVID-19 relief funds but failed to meet the Period 1 Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements now ...
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States Benefit from Multimillion-Dollar FCA Urine Test Lab Settlement
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Several states are now benefiting from a multimillion-dollar settlement agreement signed late last year by a Nevada clinical lab and ...
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OIG Gives Okay to Cost-Sharing Subsidy in Clinical Trial
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A company that makes a medical device that uses a patient’s cells to treat ischemic systolic heart failure – a ...
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Florida Law Expands Use of Peer Specialists to Address Behavioral Health Shortage
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill into law that changes how Florida deals with the care of mental ...
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OIG Advisory Opinion Okays Treatment-based Patient Incentives
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A digital health company that uses smartphone and smart debit card technology to operate an incentive program for patients with ...
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Here’s What’s Being Done to Increase Access to Telehealth
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last month, a new piece of bipartisan legislation that would extend certain telehealth services covered by Medicare and evaluate the ...
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Genetic Testing and DME Fraud Crackdown Nets a Dozen South Floridians
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Healthcare fraud involving genetic testing and durable medical equipment (DME) have become a focus for federal investigators in recent years ...
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Florida-based Consultant Resolves FCA Allegations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Ted Albin and his firm, Grapevine Billing and Consulting Services Inc., recently agreed to pay $50,000 to settle allegations they ...
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Sober Home Initiative Results in Second Conviction
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A U.S. Justice Department investigation of kickback schemes targeted at substance abuse treatment facilities dubbed the “Sober Homes initiative” recently ...
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Pharma Distributor Pays $13.1M to Settle FCA Allegations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Cardinal Health became the target of whistleblowers who alleged that the Ohio-based pharmaceutical distributor recruited new customers by offering and ...
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