OSHA Increasing Targeted COVID-19 Inspections Under New Program
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In an effort to significantly reduce or eliminate worker exposure to COVID-19, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently ...
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OIG Opinion: Drug Maker Can Provide Free Medication
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
On March 23, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General issued a favorable ruling to ...
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Providers Beware: Ensure That Diagnostic Tests are Medically Necessary!
By Wesley Malkin |
A fundamental principle of providing healthcare services to Medicare beneficiaries is that the services must be “medically necessary,†which means ...
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If You’re Not Complying with Medical Record Requests, it Will Cost You
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It was a little more than a year ago that we first wrote about how the Office for Civil Rights ...
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Paying a Marketing Company for Referrals? Beware!
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If you pay independent contractors to market your healthcare services, read on. The United States Court of Appeals for the ...
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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Convictions for Patient Recruiter in Home Health Kickback Conspiracy
By Wesley Malkin |
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld convictions for a South Florida patient recruiter for conspiring to defraud the ...
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Telemedicine in OIG’s Crosshairs as Fraud Mounts
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
When the pandemic hit and a public health emergency was declared, the government began to issue waivers designed to give ...
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SCOTUS Declines to Review FCA Objective Falsity Standard
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The United States Supreme Court recently declined to take up two cases relating to whether a False Claims Act can ...
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HHA Owner First Charged With Stealing Money Meant to Treat COVID-19 Patients
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Michigan woman has become the first person in the country to be charged with stealing money meant to help ...
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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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