The Health Law Firm

APRIL 28, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A pharmacy in New Jersey, Cross Roads Pharmacy, agreed to pay over $1.9 million to resolve allegations of its overbillling the Medicaid Program. According to the Office of the State Comptroller, more than 3,800 claims were submitted by the pharmacy without records to back up the claims.

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The Health Law Firm

APRIL 27, 2016

By Miles Indest, J.D./M.B.A candidate at Tulane University, Law Clerk, The Health Law Firm On March 7, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit confirmed that individual Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) violations do not support allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA). US ex rel. Sheldon v.

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The Health Law Firm

APRIL 20, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On April 14, 2016, a jury in California awarded Aetna Inc. more than $37.4 million in damages after finding a network of Northern California surgical centers overbilled the insurer for out-of-network procedures. The verdict comes from a complex scheme in which referring physicians received substantial kickbacks for services over a three-year period from 2008 to 2011.

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The Health Law Firm

APRIL 19, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On April 12, 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warnings that targeted the allegedly substandard protection of research participants at a hospital in the Mayo Clinic Care Network. It also addressed shortcomings involving the sterilization of medical devices used to harvest fat during plastic surgery.

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The Health Law Firm

APRIL 12, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On April 5, 2016, republican lawmakers in Missouri threatened to hold the president of a St. Louis-area Planned Parenthood affiliate in contempt of court – under threat of jail time – for refusing to submit private medical documents. The contempt charge is related to a November subpoena issued to Mary Kogut, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Planned Parenthood of the St.

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