A woman hospitalized for severe back pain has accused her physician of causing nerve damage when he administered an epidural injection for pain management. The treatment occurred in 2015 and the case is scheduled to begin in May of 2019. The patient has accused the...
Month: May 2019
Billing rules tightened for Texas labs
The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA) is part of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT). This new law will go into effect in October. One specific point to note...
Will the billion-dollar fraud case lead to even more charges?
The government recently announced a billion-dollar health care fraud case. The scam allegedly involved sending Medicare recipients shoulder, knee, ankle, wrist and back braces. In most cases, the patients did not need the braces. In others, the patients never received...
NY labs: New rule goes into effect in October
The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA) is a new federal law that applies to diagnostic and clinical labs throughout the country. The law is a part of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and...
Doctor fights TMB’s revocation of license, and wins
A doctor in Texas took issue with the Texas Medical Board’s (TMB) decision to revoke his license to practice medicine. He sued the board and could potential see reinstatement in the near future. What were the allegations? The TMB accused the medical professional...
Home health company sues HHS and federal contractor
Home health companies often rely on payments from Medicare to continue operations. Even a brief suspension in these payments can be detrimental to patient care and business. In this case, a home health company alleges a federal contractor wrongly continued a...
DOJ accuses dozens of doctors of exchanging sex for prescriptions
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to crackdown on opioid prescription violations. Most recently, the government has accused multiple medical professionals of illegally prescribing these medications in exchange for financial gain and sexual...