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30 Oct 2015, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In a qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) case based on Stark Law violations, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Tuomey Healthcare Systems, Inc. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In December 2013, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) notified hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and other health care providers that due to a backlog of Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) appeals, the agency would be suspending acting on new requests for hearings filed. [read post]
9 Feb 2016, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health A medical group defense attorney in California, Peter Bertling, was ordered on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, by US Magistrate Judge Paul S. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law (Part 1 of a 2 part blog) For more than a week, the computer systems at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center have been offline following a cyber-attack. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In the past few months, we have been contacted by numerous physicians who had completed residency programs in internal medicine and only recently discovered that their time has now expired to become board certified. [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Staffing shortages at hospitals across the US are worsening helped along by state boards and other licensing authorities taking months to process nursing licenses, a recent NPR survey claims. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Many nurses, nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) carry professional malpractice insurance through Nurses Service Organization (NSO) or one of the other similar insurance companies. [read post]
28 Jul 2014, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Physicians, dentists, nurses and other health professionals, accused of wrongdoing, may be referred to or receive recommendations from colleagues to refer themselves to the Professionals Resource Network (PRN) or the Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN). [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 16, 2016, an appeals court in Texas affirmed a $1.37 million sanction assessed against a doctor. [read post]
12 May 2017, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On May 9, 2017, a federal jury found four New Orleans doctors and two others guilty for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme. [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 8, 2017, after waiting 17 years, Hawaii will begin dispensary sales of medical marijuana to patients. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 9, 2017, a jury in Illinois awarded a Chicago-area anesthesiologist nearly $4.4 million. [read post]
23 Aug 2017, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 9, 2017, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) improperly issued close to 1.7 million bills to veterans and third-party payers. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 15, 2016, Forest Laboratories agreed to pay $38 million to resolve a whistle blower’s False Claims Act (FCA) suit involving allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors who prescribed three of the company’s drugs, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. [read post]
24 Dec 2016, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 7, 2016, Banio Koroma was convicted in a northern Illinois court of falsely certifying elderly patients for in-home care will spend the next three years in prison and be forced to reimburse the government for the $1.5 million in losses he caused, an Illinois federal judge ruled. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In an investigation that has spanned several years and is still ongoing, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached False Claims Act (FCA) settlements with more than 450 hospitals totaling $250 million over alleged improper billing of Medicare for unnecessary cardiac implants. [read post]
16 Nov 2015, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Just prior to Veteran's Day this year, an announcement was made by former US Representative and licensed clinical psychologist, Brian Baird, and his colleague, Steven Haist. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 9, 2016, a licensed vocational nurse in Texas who alleged she was bullied and sexually harassed by a doctor at work was vindicated when a $440,000 settlement was reached between the parties. [read post]
20 Jul 2016, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 7, 2016, the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lower court judgment and remanded to state court a qui tam action alleging certain medical laboratories defrauded Virginia’s Medicaid program. [read post]