The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 30, 2013

By Lance O. Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm and George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (the 2014 IPPS Final Rule). The 2014 IPPS Final Rule substantially affects how hospitals will bill for observation stays, long outpatient stays and short inpatient stays.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 29, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A therapy staffing company owner and a patient recruiter pleaded guilty on August 21, 2013, to one count each of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a $7 million Medicare fraud scheme. The scheme allegedly involved a now defunct home health care agency, Anna Nursing Services Corp., in Miami Springs, Florida, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 28, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. Bostwick Laboratories (Bostwick) will pay the government $503,668 to settle whistleblower allegations that the company made illegal payments to induce physicians to utilize Bostwick’s laboratory testing services, according to a press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on August 20, 2013.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 26, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. An investigation by the Florida Attorney General’s (AG) Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) uncovered almost $600,000 in alleged Medicaid fraud. According to the AG, a pharmacist and owner of a Hialeah, Florida, pharmacy, was arrested on August 22, 2013.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 21, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 19, 2013, Shands Healthcare agreed to pay $26 million to settle a lawsuit that stemmed from a whistleblower/qui tam claim. According to the settlement agreement, six of Shands’ Florida hospitals were accused of billing government health programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, for inpatient claims that should have been coded as outpatient services for five years.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 16, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law It’s usually a nightmare for a physician who performs wrong-site surgery. However, that’s what one surgeon at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida, is accused of doing. The term “wrong-site” refers to the fact that the surgeon has operated on the wrong leg, arm, eye or other organ.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 15, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law For the first time, patients can view and compare surgery safety results at hospitals across the country. Consumer Reports recently rated nearly 2,500 hospitals in 50 states for surgical safety. This report measured infections, readmission rates, complications and adverse reactions (such as a heart attack or death) in patients after a surgery.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 5, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Beginning July 2014, Osceola Regional Medical Center will launch its Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) Residency Program. Osceola Regional announced on July 16, 2013, that it has been approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for the program.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 1, 2013

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A California college student left in a small holding cell by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for five days without food, water, or a toilet has settled his claims for $4.1 million, according to a number of news sources. The student was taken by agents during a late April 2012, drug raid on his friend's house in which nine people were arrested.

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