Can a 40-year-old fraud and abuse law that compared to many others is relatively straightforward still get providers into trouble? Answer: You bet! In fact, in the first quarter of 2022 alone, the U.S. Attorney for the...more
4/19/2022
/ Best Practices ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Settlement Agreements
Doctors, nurses, hospitals and other health care providers, should know that the pandemic has not deterred federal or state authorities from prosecuting false claims, HIPAA and other types of enforcement actions in...more
11/4/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drug Distribution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicaid Reimbursements ,
Medicare Billing Privileges ,
OxyContin ,
Pain Management ,
PHI ,
Restitution
What should new and old Connecticut telemedicine and telehealth providers know about billing for Connecticut Medicaid services now that Connecticut’s Governor Ned Lamont again has expanded the ability of providers to offer...more
In the aftermath of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Cori and Kerri Rigsby accused State Farm Fire and Casualty Company of falsely misclassifying wind damage as flood damage, among other misdeeds, leaving...more
10/21/2016
/ Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FEMA ,
Flood Insurance ,
Fraud ,
Relators ,
SCOTUS ,
Sealed Records ,
Standard of Review ,
State Farm ,
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co v United States ex rel Rigsby ,
Wind Damage