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Investigations Newsletter: Former Healthcare Executives Convicted for Health Insurance Policy Fraud Scheme

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Former Healthcare Executives Convicted for Health Insurance Policy Fraud Scheme - Steven Dorfman, the former chief executive officer and owner of the Florida-based healthcare company Simple Health, and John Sand, a former...more

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Better Health Care Newsletter - September 2023

Wellness claims are everywhere. Do they work? Ah, wellness! Such a positive word! Such a noble aspiration for all of us! And such an opportunity for hucksters, hokum and high jinks in the eternal battle to separate...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Safe Practices for Seniors on Social Media

My mother-in-law lives on a farm in rural Oklahoma. Living out in the country was a dream of my in-laws for a long time, and after retiring, they made it a reality over 19 years ago. They bought 43 acres of land, and the goal...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #274 – COVID Vaccine Scams Rampant

The news is full of stories about crashing vaccination scheduling websites, seniors who are unable to get their vaccine appointment, and how different states are rolling out their limited supplies of COVID vaccines....more

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Home Health Agency Settles Kickback/Stark Allegations

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 20 that Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc. agreed to pay $3,856,000 to resolve allegations that the agency paid illegal kickbacks to physicians for referring patients. The...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Warns of COVID-19 Fraud Schemes

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a fraud alert warning Medicare beneficiaries of potentially fraudulent schemes that take advantage of the fears surrounding the...more

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Genetic Testing Fraud Gains Concern of Congress and Multiple Government Agencies

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Since the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) alerted the industry about genetic testing scams two months ago, the public, multiple government agencies, and Congress...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

OIG Issues Alert to Warn of ‘Free’ Genetic Testing Scams Seeking to Steal Information

On June 3, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a fraud alert to notify consumers about genetic testing fraud schemes (the Alert)....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Be on the Lookout for New Medicare Cards (and New Card-Related Scams)

The federal government is issuing new Medicare cards to all Medicare beneficiaries. To prevent fraud and fight identity theft, the new cards will no longer have beneficiaries' Social Security numbers on them....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #129 – As New Medicare Cards are Issued: Beware of Scams

This writer has been lamenting for years about the fact that Medicare recipients’ Social Security numbers are included on the face of the card. This is an unnecessary risk posed to Medicare recipients, which are primarily...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #92 – Finally, HHS is Removing SSNs From Medicare Cards

For those of you who know me, you know that I have been very frustrated with the federal and state governments for continuing to use Social Security numbers for eligibility, enrollment and participating in Medicare and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - August 2015 #2

FDA Wants to Pour Some Sugar on the Nutrition Label - Adding to the proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts label—the first tweaks in 20 years—the Food and Drug Administration has suggested yet another: adding the...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

"Obamacare" Should Be of No Concern to Medicare Beneficiaries, Although Scammers May Tell You Otherwise

Starting October 1, 2013, people who lack health insurance can start signing up for coverage through the new Internet-based health insurance marketplaces set up under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). Most of those...more

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