If you are a Medicare billing provider, you may have received a portion of the $30 Billion CARES Act Provider Relief Fund monies, with little or no notice or detail. While these monies may have been automatically deposited into your bank account and... Read More
Hospitals in the Tri-State Area and elsewhere are struggling to treat the growing volume of COVID-19 patients. Even where they have adequate space, the number of available hospital-based health care providers has not kept up with the demand. There... Read More
Galderma Laboratories, LP (“Galderma”) has filed numerous complaints against pharmacies all across the country alleging fraud in connection with their CareConnect Program. Galderma’s allegations are based on the pharmacies’ allegedly... Read More
As the battle against COVID-19 continues, the ability for litigants to pursue relief in New York and New Jersey courts is also being impacted. On March 22, 2020, the New York Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts entered an Administrative Order... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound – and oftentimes chilling – effect on industries and agencies across the board. Law enforcement has likewise been affected. Specifically, social distancing mandates, coupled with staffing deductions and... Read More
As the Coronavirus outbreak (“COVID19”) spreads, the current administration, in addition to state and local governments, have discouraged or even legally restricted non-emergent or elective healthcare visits, medical procedures, or surgeries.... Read More
Frier Levitt was recently successful in removing fraudulent online reviews for a New Jersey-based medical practice. In the current climate, it has become far too easy for patients to post disparaging, and many times, false, information about a... Read More
Frier Levitt successfully defended a large extrapolated post payment demand of a podiatric practice. The audit focused on the highly audited L3000 codes and orthopedic shoes, which is a new area of enforcement. After working closely with the client... Read More
Major retail pharmacy chains such as CVS and Walgreens have officially pointed the finger at physicians in the multi-district federal opioid litigation by filing third-party complaints against physicians earlier this year. The chains claim that the... Read More
On April 30, 2018, a Massachusetts jury convicted a gynecologist of disclosing her patients' protected health information (PHI) to a drug company sales representative in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).... Read More
