OIG Gives Drug Manufacturer Green Light to Cover Patient Expenses
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) in a Jan. 21 Advisory Opinion (No. 20-02) approved an agreement under which a ...
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Federal Health IT Officials Outline Five-Year Plan
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Department of Health and Human Services, led by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), ...
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OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Hospital Training Facility
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
On January 13, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted an advisory opinion in which it approved a hospital’s request ...
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DOJ Recovers $2.6B in Healthcare Fraud Settlements, Judgments in 2019
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The federal government said it was making healthcare fraud a priority, and from the numbers just released by the U.S. ...
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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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