Recently, the Department of Justice announced a series of prosecutions against numerous individuals, including a physician, a telemedicine executive, marketers, and various laboratory and pharmacy owners. In sum, 14 defendants across seven federal... Read More
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut recently announced a civil settlement agreement with a behavioral healthcare organization that provides in-home family therapy and counseling in the greater Hartford area (the... Read More
In this recent issue of Podiatry Management, Podiatrist Attorney Lawrence Kobak, DPM, JD discusses more bizarre podiatric legal cases. The cases include committing fraud, inaccurately filling out official documents, inappropriate behavior with a... Read More
You may have heard the phrase "CMS investigation." Unlike a CMS audit, which is administrative in nature, a CMS investigation usually connotes a federal criminal investigation of suspected health care fraud. A CMS investigation will likely be... Read More
The owners of several Missouri dental clinics were recently convicted for defrauding the government by submitting false claims to Medicaid and failing to pay payroll taxes. The owners, who are a married couple, operated three All About Smiles LLC... Read More
