Pharma Giant to Pay $54M to Settle Whistleblower Complaint
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Teva Pharmaceuticals earlier this month agreed to pay $54 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought against it by two ...
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Proposed Controlled Substance Legislation Aimed at Pharmacies
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A group of bipartisan lawmakers is looking to add more ammunition to existing laws designed to identify, report and prevent ...
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OCR Cracking Down on Providers Who Violate HIPAA’s Right of Access Requirement
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
HIPAA Privacy Rule’s right of access requires healthcare providers to give patients access to their health records upon request and ...
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Lawmakers Want Increased Oversight of Patient Assistance Charities
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Concerned that some drugmakers may be using patient assistance charities to pay kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries as a way to ...
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OIG Doubles Healthcare Fraud Recoveries in 2019
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If it seemed like the government was cracking down extra hard on healthcare fraud this year, it was. According to ...
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Whistleblower Protections: Is it Worth the Risk?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
There has been a great deal in the news lately about whistleblowers. Specifically, the whistleblower who triggered the impeachment investigation ...
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Crackdown on Sober Homes Nets Three
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Three South Florida residents are the latest to be convicted in an ongoing crackdown against sober home fraud. Last week, ...
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Healthcare Systems Rack up Millions of Dollars in HIPAA Penalties
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Several healthcare organizations recently have been the subject of HIPAA penalties totaling nearly $7 million. On October 23, the U.S. ...
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You Received an Audit Letter, Now What?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It’s not unusual for our office to receive a phone call from a healthcare provider stating that they received an ...
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UnitedHealth Group Drops SCOTUS Appeal in Cross-Plan Offsetting Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
UnitedHealth Group has decided not to pursue its appeal to the United States Supreme Court of an appellate court ruling ...
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