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Medical Practitioners Beware: Telemedicine Schemes May Result in Unexpected Liability

Posted On Wednesday, July 27, 2022 At 12:56PM

Takeaway: Medical practitioners should exercise extreme caution when entering into telemedicine agreements, in order to avoid unintended civil and criminal consequences. It is advisable to...

Federal “No Surprises Act” Is Now the Law

Posted On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 At 8:01PM

Takeaways: The No Surprises Act took effect on January 1st, closing gaps in consumer protection and banning surprise medical billing. Health care providers should implement compliance...

Hospitals Beware: Expect Increased Government Scrutiny Regarding Billing Practices

Posted On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 At 5:04PM
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Takeaways: Hospitals that bill a high percentage of stays at the highest severity level, and those that have a high percentage of high severity stays based on a single diagnosis, should...

Medicare Fraud Sentence that Applied Vulnerable Victims Enhancement Upheld by Third Circuit

Posted On Friday, April 24, 2020 At 3:13AM
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A laboratory sales representative, who had pleaded guilty to using a sham charity to direct unnecessary genetic testing to laboratories in exchange for kickbacks, has lost his bid in the Third...

48 Arrested In Eastern Pennsylvania And New Jersey Involved In Health Care Fraud And Pill Mill Schemes

Posted On Friday, September 27, 2019 At 1:33PM
By: Lourdes Sánchez Ridge

A coordinated law enforcement effort among myriad federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey resulted in the arrests of 48 defendants. Included in those...

Third Circuit Rejects Doctor’s Claim That Payments From Lab Were Rent, Not Bribes, In $100 Million Referral Scheme

Posted On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 At 1:34PM

Yesterday, the Third Circuit affirmed a doctor’s conviction for accepting bribes in exchange for referrals to New Jersey based lab Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services (BLS). U.S. v. Thomas V....

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