Doctor, patient frustration over pain med access leads to pharmacy rule change
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Florida Board of Pharmacy recently approved a rule change designed to help patients get the pain medications they need. ...
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Renewed efforts underway to allow ARNPs and PAs to prescribe controlled substances
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
There’s another effort afoot in Tallahassee to allow Physician Assistants (PA) and Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP) to write prescriptions. ...
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Feds to increase exclusion and civil monetary penalty enforcement cases
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
When it comes to exclusion and civil monetary penalty cases, the federal government is preparing to take an even harder ...
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OIG opinion: Free transportation doesn’t violate anti-kickback statute
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently issued an opinion stating that a large ...
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How whistleblowers are helping to fight healthcare fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced it had resolved a $237 million judgment against Toumey Healthcare System in ...
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ICD-10: How is your practice handling the transition?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It’s been a few weeks since the launch of ICD-10 and there have been a number of stories written about ...
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OMHA to expand Medicare appeals process
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Faced with skyrocketing processing times, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) says it plans to expand its Settlement ...
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Struggling with ICD-10 implementation? Our firm can help
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
While many healthcare providers have spent a great deal of time (and money) preparing for the Oct. 1 transition to ...
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Healthcare executives on notice, DOJ cracking down on individuals for corporate misconduct
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The federal government has taken a tough stance on healthcare fraud for many years. For the most part, companies caught ...
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OIG opinion: Free home health visits are not kickbacks
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently issued an opinion that a home healthcare ...
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