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Health care fraud disputes were present throughout 2018. These cases included everything from individual physicians, nurses and other health care professionals fighting boards for their professional licenses to multi-million dollar Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)...
The government built two successful cases against Texas physicians to start the New Year. The Justice Department’s Criminal Division along with the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Dallas Region recently...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has required pharmacy giant Walgreen's to partake in a Corporate Integrity Agreement. The agreement requires the retail store and pharmacy to agree to broad...
A health care executive known for running nursing and assisted living facilities in Chicago before expanding to Florida will begin trial within the next two weeks. The government has accused the former exec of his role in a scheme that allegedly defrauded Medicare of...
Health care fraud is a major issue that continues to contribute to the financial burden of patients everywhere. Not only does it exploit patients when they are weak and at their most vulnerable, it also causes financial challenges for all, especially people who...
You attended college for many years, took out loans and now you have entered your dream field of nursing. The problem is, the rules and regulations might appear overwhelming. The New York licensing board suspends and revokes nursing licenses every day. Keeping your...
Ten months ago, federal prosecutors outlined a case against five New York doctors. The indictment accused the physicians of participating in a bribery and kickback scheme that was designed to increase sales of Subsys, a spray form of the opioid fentanyl.A few days...
New York State law requires individuals meet certain requirements before they can call themselves a pharmacist. These requirements include the applicant hold a license as well as have good moral character. Additional requirements include: Education. A candidate...
The Texas Medical Board is scheduled to again meet here in Austin at the end of next month. The board will again discuss its budget and policies and then consider complaints filed against doctors, as it did in its most recent session.Earlier this month, the board's...
Medical professionals are not the only ones that can face allegations of health care fraud. A recent case out of Alabama provides an example of a politician that found himself the focus of a federal investigation. What led to the investigation? The investigations...