Texas Drug Testing Lab to Pay Nearly $6M to Settle Kickbacks to Marketers, False Claims Act Violations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
An Austin, Texas drug testing lab agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle allegations it violated the Federal False ...
Read More Former Florida Marketer Charged with DME Fraud, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, Bilking Medicare out of $100M
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A former Florida resident living in Puerto Rico has been charged for his role in a $101 million durable medical ...
Read More Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Controlled Substance Act Violations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Pennsylvania nurse practitioner who specialized in psychiatric and mental health will have to pay $450,000 in restitution and turn ...
Read More The Federal Government Nets $2.2B in Settlements and Judgements Under the False Claims Act, Including $1.7B in Healthcare-Related Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Settlements and judgements under the False Claims Act (FCA) surpassed $2.2 billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022. ...
Read More ORC Report to Congress: HIPAA Complaints Skyrocket
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Between 2017 and 2021, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) complaint violations rose 39 percent and large breaches reported ...
Read More Feds Charge 25 in South Florida Fraudulent Diploma Scheme: Nurses and Others Face Board of Nursing Licensure and Criminal Investigations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Some 7,600 men and women who allegedly received fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts from three Florida-based nursing schools are now ...
Read More Government Resolves 42nd HIPAA Patient’s Right of Access Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Civil Rights Office (OCR) recently resolved its 42nd case under its HIPAA ...
Read More Florida Cardiology Group and Physicians Settle False Claims Act Litigation for $2 Million
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Florida cardiology practice that operates in Central Florida and ten of its physicians agreed to pay $2 million to ...
Read More Former Senior Living CEO Indicted on ALF and Skilled Nursing Facility Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The former CEO of a New Jersey-based company that owned and operated 24 skilled nursing facilities and nine assisted living ...
Read More Miami Doctors Convicted in DME Kickback Scheme
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Two Miami doctors, indicted in August 2021 were recently found guilty, after a two-week trial, for their roles in a ...
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