Tampa Medicare Lawyer
Challenging Healthcare Fraud Laws
If you need a Tampa Medicare Lawyer, we can help. The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale P.A. is a recognized leader in Medicare fraud and Medicaid fraud defense. With over 30 years of experience come abilities that few other firms can match. Our team of experienced professionals concentrates on all aspects of Medicare fraud and Medicaid fraud defense.
We concentrate our practice on healthcare fraud defense and challenging fraud and abuse laws. We successfully challenged Florida´s anti-kickback statute, which resulted in the state´s highest court finding the law unconstitutional and the Florida Legislature amending the law.
We also work closely with our clients on compliance matters to mitigate the risk of becoming the target of a Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud investigation. If you do become the target of an investigation our firm can conduct a defense or internal investigation. The goal is to eliminate liability and minimize any potential damage to you or your company’s reputation and your ability to continue doing business.
30 Years of Proven Results
We take a proactive approach to developing compliance programs, providing advice on matters relating to billing and reimbursement, fee splitting and privacy laws. Our attorneys represent clients who are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Food and Drug Administration, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Office of the Inspector General, Florida Attorney General, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Florida Department of Health, and Florida Department of Financial Services Insurance Fraud Division, among others.
We have over 30 years of experience successfully representing clients for a variety of healthcare related issues including: health care fraud; Medicare fraud; Medicare audits, appeals and litigation; Medicare overpayments and criminal Medicare defense.
Practice Areas:
- Qui Tam / Whistleblower Representation
- Group practice issues
- Medical necessity litigation
- Private insurance representation
- Due diligence
- Cost report representation
- Advisory opinions
- Audits
- Jury trials and appeals
- Administrative Hearings
30+ Years of Expertise in Healthcare Law and Compliance
Strategic Legal Solutions for Healthcare Providers
The owner of a Tampa, Florida-area medical marketing company was sentenced to 70 months in prison today for his role in a $2.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving the payment of kickbacks and bribes to fraudulent medical clinics in Miami in exchange for the referral of Medicare beneficiaries for expensive genetic tests that were medically unnecessary, and for his role in the illegal structuring of cash withdrawal transactions.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez of the Middle District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Michael McPherson of the FBI’s Tampa Field Office and Assistant Inspector General Omar Perez of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Miami Regional Office made the announcement.