New Jersey employers continue to remain without meaningful guidance on the issue of how they may legally maintain a drug-free workplace. On February 22, 2021, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization... Read More
Frier Levitt attorney Abdul J. Roberts and HealthCare Compliance Network’s Director of Coding and Billing Compliance Jim Tudor discuss recent trends in medical audits and what physicians can expect in their article in Medical Economics, titled,... Read More
Frier Levitt Attorney Lawrence F. Kobak's article, "OSHA, the Exposure Control Plan, and the Podiatry Practice," was published in the January 2022 edition of Podiatry Management. Read the full article... Read More
On December 16, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report analyzing nationwide trends in genetic tests for which payments were made under Medicare Part B. The OIG report follows a... Read More
New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General, Andrew J. Bruck, recently announced the largest enforcement action against fifteen companies across several industries for their unlawful hiring practices in violation of New Jersey’s Opportunity to Compete... Read More
On December 23, 2021, Frier Levitt filed suit on behalf of Osler Health IPA, LLC (“Osler”) against Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. d/b/a Horizon (“Horizon”), for allegedly materially breaching the Parties’ shared savings agreement. The... Read More
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”), including its constituent Healthcare Strike Force Units and U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country, continues to wage a campaign that shows no sign of slowing against laboratories, marketers and... Read More
For the first time since 2013, on November 8, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) updated its Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol (“SDP”). Originally published in 1998, the... Read More
The Department of Justice recently announced that a compounding pharmacy owner was convicted, as part of his role in a telehealth “scheme” of 22 counts of: (i) mail fraud; (ii) conspiracy to commit health care fraud; and, (iii) introduction of a... Read More
Last month, a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal was filed on behalf of a home health service provider and its affiliated entities settling a qui tam action for violations of the Federal False Claims Act ( “FCA”). The defendants submitted claims... Read More
