It seems as if the federal government is always increasing regulations, expanding enforcement of them, and intensifying the scrutiny under which the health care industry in the United States operates. That’s why there are so many newsstories popping up in…
Category: Healthcare Fraud
2021
Category: Fraud | Healthcare Fraud | Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
Some white collar crimes are often seen as having little or no impact on society at large. These are generally referred to as victimless crimes. But the reality is that these crimes are anything but victimless.
A good example…
2020
Category: Healthcare Fraud | Telehealth Fraud
At the beginning of 2020, many healthcare providers were not allowed to offer diagnoses without physically seeing a patient.
Because of the dangers posed by COVID-19, and subsequent lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus, tele-health has become…
2020
Category: Healthcare Fraud
The cost of healthcare remains on a permanent upward trend. Pharmaceutical companies know people need their products, so they raise their prices at will.
Because of the volume of money in the health care industry, opportunities for fraud are…
2018
Category: Fraud | Healthcare Fraud
More than 600 people, including doctors, were charged in June with crimes in connection with health care frauds exceeding $2 billion and contributed significantly to the nation’s opioid crisis, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ0. In this post,…
2017
Category: Healthcare Fraud
Both were prominent members of their communities—the Florida doctor and the New Jersey U.S. Senator.
The doctor most assuredly and the senator more than likely will soon be inmates in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Earlier this month,…
2016
Category: Fraud | Healthcare Fraud
The American healthcare system is big and complex. It confuses and frustrates even the most seasoned user of the system. The amount of money that goes in and out of our healthcare system each year is staggering, and the way…
2016
Category: Fraud | Healthcare Fraud
Federal prosecutors are calling it “the largest home health fraud ever orchestrated by a single doctor.”
And there seems to be a good reason for it.
The Dallas Morning News reports a local doctor accused of recruiting 11,000…
2016
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Healthcare Fraud
The Sixth Amendment right to counsel in this country is constitutionally sacrosanct.
It has long been popularly believed that every person in America has an undeniable right to retain the counsel of their choice; that the Government does not…
2015
Category: Corporate Fraud | Federal Criminal Law | Healthcare Fraud | Uncategorized | White Collar Crime
In a major speech at New York City University this past September, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates announced that the U.S. Justice Department had issued new policy guideline that would re-focus federal corporate criminal investigations towards holding individuals responsible…