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Twenty-Five Individuals Indicted In “Ground Zero” For Medicare Fraud

Posted On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 At 1:02AM

The United States indicted twenty-five defendants in three Medicare Fraud cases, recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  William Maddalena, Assistant...

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Ohio Medical Board Telemedicine Prescribing Rule Update

Posted On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 At 1:03PM

. . . WITH A SEUSSIAN TWIST (STRICTLY FOR FUN) BACKGROUND - “FROM THERE TO HERE, FROM HERE TO THERE. . . “[1] Currently, Ohio Admin. Code 4731-11-09 entitled “Prescribing to persons the...

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South Florida Physician Sentenced To Nine Years In Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

Posted On Thursday, April 21, 2016 At 1:06PM

Miami-area physician Henry Lora was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay more than $30 million in restitution pursuant to his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit...

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Alert – West Virginia Updates Its Telemedicine Law

Posted On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 At 1:07PM

The telemedicine market is growing at an astonishing rate in the United States with more providers jumping on the band-wagon on a daily basis.  The advances in telemedicine technologies hold...

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SCOTUS Holds Pre-Trial Freeze Of Defendant’s “Untainted” Assets A Violation Of Sixth Amendment

Posted On Thursday, April 14, 2016 At 1:08PM

In 2012, a federal grand jury indicted Sila Luis, along with two other individuals, for paying and conspiring to pay kickbacks for patient referrals and conspiring to defraud Medicare. Allegedly,...

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Criminal Investigations Of Compounding Pharmacies On The Rise In 2016

Posted On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 At 1:09PM

The first few months of 2016 have witnessed a rash of investigations, and even indictments, involving compounding pharmacies throughout the United States. Previously beset by contamination scandals,...

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