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Emergency Suspension Orders and Medicaid Fraud

The Health Law Firm

Doctor Pleas Nolo Contendre to Fraud Charge. On December 9, 2010, he entered a plea of nolo contendere in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit fraud upon the United States in violation of 18 USC. § § 371.

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New York Eye Doctor Arrested for $8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 22, 2019, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Announced the indictment and arrest of an ophthalmologist for healthcare fraud. Indest III, J.D.,

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South Florida Mental Health Clinics Under Scrutiny by the Office of Inspector General for Medicare Fraud

The Health Law Firm

The report focuses on the nation’s mental health clinics that overbilled Medicare in 2010, some by tens of millions of dollars. Big Busts in Two South Florida Mental Health Clinics for Medicare Fraud. The majority of these clinics were located in South Florida, Texas and Louisiana. To see the full report from the OIG, click here.

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False Claims Act Settlements Exceed $5.6 Billion in Fiscal Year 2021

Healthcare Compliance Blog

billion in settlements and judgments have been recovered by the Department of Justice Department (DOJ) related to civil cases involving fraud and false claims in fiscal year 2021. In 2009 and 2010, further improvements were made to the False Claims Act and its whistleblower provisions. More than $5.6

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HIPAA Enforcement by State Attorneys General

HIPAA Journal

The Connecticut Attorney General was the first to exercise this right in 2010 against Health Net Inc. State attorneys general HIPAA cases were relatively rare occurrences, with only 11 settlements reached with HIPAA-covered entities and business associates to resolve HIPAA violations between 2010 and 2015. million 78.8 million 78.8

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DOJ Releases FY 2021 False Claims Act Recoveries: A Record-Shattering Year for Health Care and Life Sciences Enforcement, with Over $5 Billion Collected

Health Law Advisor

FY 2021 was also a record-shattering year for DOJ as it relates to health care fraud enforcement; over $5 billion (90% of the total) was obtained from cases pursued against individuals and entities in the health care and life sciences industries. With collections amounting to $5.6 billion received in FY 2020.

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Progressive Therapeutics allays telehealth security concerns with EHR integration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The practice was an early adopter of telehealth back in 2010, implementing it as a way to care for people unable to attend in-person sessions. Unsecure telehealth connections can open the door for fraud, phishing and ransomware attacks, with serious reputational and financial consequences. THE PROBLEM.

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