MedPAC: Eliminate “Incident to” Billing for ARNPs and NPs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If Congress adopts the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC), most recent recommendations, “incident to†billing could become a thing of ...
Read More Healthcare Data Breaches Continue to Break Records
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
There isn’t a day that goes by that some healthcare organization hasn’t fallen victim to a data breach. Thousands of ...
Read More DOJ Intervenes in FCA Lawsuit Filed Against Medical Device Maker
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit filed against medical device maker Life Spine Inc., along ...
Read More Labs Settle With UnitedHealthcare For $56.2 Million
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. has agreed to settle a lawsuit it filed in 2016 against five toxicology laboratory companies for $56.2 ...
Read More Report: Many High-Risk Medicaid Providers Not Undergoing Critical Background Checks
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Eighteen states failed to properly screen high-risk providers before allowing them to receive Medicaid payments by the July 2018 deadline ...
Read More Growth of Telemedicine Sees Increase in Healthcare Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Earlier this month, a New York anesthesiologist was indicted on charges stemming from her role in an alleged telemedicine conspiracy ...
Read More New Telehealth Law Takes Effect in Florida
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Close-up of hands of a nurse typing on laptop On June 25, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB ...
Read More HIPAA Violations Result in More Than Fines: Beware of Jail Time
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Prison Cell Background Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a 62-year-old woman would be spending a ...
Read More Inpatient Providers Settle Payment Dispute with CMS over Medicare Claims
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has ended a two-year dispute settling appeals from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) ...
Read More OCR Fact Sheet Clarifies BA Liability Under HIPAA
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights recently issued a new fact sheet on the ...
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