Launching a telehealth platform can implicate a variety of state and federal laws, including state prohibitions on the corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting, kickback and self-referral prohibitions, patient choice laws, and professional... Read More
As previously described in a series of alerts by Frier Levitt, since the declaration of a federal public health emergency (“PHE”), healthcare providers have operated under a variety of waived or relaxed regulatory requirements, particularly as... 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
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
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
Telehealth is transforming the healthcare industry. As the telehealth landscape continues to evolve, and services and software platforms exponentially grow during the worldwide pandemic, choosing the right intellectual property (IP) protection for... Read More
On October 15, 2021, the U.S. Attorneys’ Office for the District of Connecticut announced the sentencing of an unlicensed and unqualified individual posing as an applied behavioral analysis (commonly referred to as “ABA”) provider in... Read More
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report that identified deficiencies in the ability of states to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid mental health services... Read More
Recently, a media organization obtained the medical records of 281,000 patients from an individual who hacked a telemedicine platform. The platform specifically catered to patients seeking Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine prescriptions. The hack... Read More
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a policy statement that served to remind developers of apps, connected device manufacturers, and related entities of the applicability of the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule... Read More
