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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to $8.3M Fraud Scheme

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Oct 3, 2022
A Fort Lauderdale man who invested in three pharmacies that participated in the Medicare program pleaded guilty to taking part ...
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OIG Gives Blessing to Gift Card Arrangement

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 26, 2022
Last month, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published an advisory opinion in which it declined to impose sanctions for ...
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DME Company Owner Sentenced to Seven Years in Fraud Case

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 18, 2022
The owner of a durable medical equipment (DME) company in Fort Myers was sentenced to more than seven years in ...
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Biotech Executive Convicted in Multimillion-Dollar Testing Scheme

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 11, 2022
A California biotech executive recently was convicted in connection with a $77 million scheme involving false and fraudulent claims for ...
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Texas MD Faces Significant Prison Time for TRICARE Fraud

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Sep 5, 2022
A Texas physician faces significant time behind bars after being convicted of engaging in a scheme to fraudulently bill TRICARE, ...
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Feds Hot on the Trail of PPP Fraud

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Aug 28, 2022
On August 19, a Kansas chiropractor was convicted on multiple charges for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud. According to ...
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American Senior Communities Settles for $5.5 Million in FCA Case

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Aug 21, 2022
Thanks to the work of a whistleblower, the U.S. Department of Justice recently settled with an Indiana-based skilled nursing and ...
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Healthcare Fraud Roundup

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Aug 14, 2022
Medical Clinic Fraud The owner of a Miami-based medical clinic was recently sentenced to 60 months in prison for directing ...
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OIG Report: CMS Fails to Collect Millions in Overpayments

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Aug 8, 2022
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) failed to collect a large portion of Medicare overpayments identified over a two-year ...
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Practitioner Beware: OIG Issues Telemedicine Fraud Alert

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Aug 1, 2022
The increasing number of fraudulent schemes involving telemedicine companies prompted the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health ...
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