Feds Charge 25 in South Florida Fraudulent Diploma Scheme: Nurses and Others Face Board of Nursing Licensure and Criminal Investigations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Some 7,600 men and women who allegedly received fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts from three Florida-based nursing schools are now ...
Read More Government Resolves 42nd HIPAA Patient’s Right of Access Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Civil Rights Office (OCR) recently resolved its 42nd case under its HIPAA ...
Read More Florida Cardiology Group and Physicians Settle False Claims Act Litigation for $2 Million
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Florida cardiology practice that operates in Central Florida and ten of its physicians agreed to pay $2 million to ...
Read More Former Senior Living CEO Indicted on ALF and Skilled Nursing Facility Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The former CEO of a New Jersey-based company that owned and operated 24 skilled nursing facilities and nine assisted living ...
Read More Miami Doctors Convicted in DME Kickback Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Two Miami doctors, indicted in August 2021 were recently found guilty, after a two-week trial, for their roles in a ...
Read More DME Company Owner Found Guilty in Massive Kickback Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Chicago man faces up to 20 years behind bars for his part in a conspiracy to pay illegal kickbacks ...
Read More Pharmacy Benefit Managers Target of Gov. DeSantis Proposal to Lower Drug Costs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Florida’s governor is taking aim at Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM). Earlier this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced legislation that he ...
Read More The U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida Nets $168M in Battling Fraud in FY 2022
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida collected $168,330,189 related to criminal and civil matters in the fiscal year ...
Read More DOJ Cracks Down on Neurostimulator Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Texas podiatrist who conspired to submit false claims for the placement of electro-acupuncture devices has agreed to pay $90,000 ...
Read More Genetic Testing Kickback Scheme Settled
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Ocenture LLC and its subsidiary, Carelumina LLC, agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that they paid ...
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