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OIG guidance for healthcare governing boards focuses on responsibility

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | May 18, 2015
You have probably heard the saying “The buck stops here.†Popularized by President Harry S. Truman, the phrase still holds ...
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ICD-10 implementation clock ticking

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | May 11, 2015
With the deadline for implementation of ICD-10 just five months away, a lot is being written about whether medical practices ...
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Home healthcare agencies, aides top fraud list

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | May 4, 2015
Home healthcare agencies and home healthcare aides topped the list of providers with the largest number of healthcare fraud convictions ...
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Updating HIPAA compliance in an age of data breaches

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Apr 26, 2015
Recent data breaches at some of the country’s major healthcare organizations have prompted the Office of the National Coordinator for ...
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What happens if you become the target of a healthcare fraud investigation?

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Apr 19, 2015
No healthcare provider wants to become the target of a healthcare fraud investigation. But, as we have seen, it happens ...
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Whistleblower lawsuits: How to avoid becoming a target

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Apr 13, 2015
Earlier this month, three former managers of AIDS Healthcare Foundation Inc. (AHF) filed federal and state Whistleblower Act claims against ...
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Feds use data analytics to detect and investigate Medicare fraud

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Apr 5, 2015
There have been countless stories in the news about how the federal government has gone about combating Medicare fraud. Still, ...
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Home health agency owner 20-year sentence for Medicare fraud upheld

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Apr 1, 2015
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal recently affirmed a 20-year prison sentence for the owner of a Miami home healthcare ...
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Now is the time to protect against cyberthieves

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Mar 18, 2015
For the second time in as many months, a major healthcare insurer has become the target of cyberthieves. This week, ...
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CMS announces next generation of ACO model

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | Mar 11, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid this week launched a new Accountable Care Organization model that the agency says will ...
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