Three Mobile Lab Owners Busted in Brooklyn: What Their Case Can Tell Us about Mobile Lab Fraud Defense The federal government has made clear its commitment to throwing the proverbial book at medical laboratories suspected of unethical billing practices. Not...Read More
How Prosecutors Use a Powerful Statute to Charge Doctors with Small Roles in Fraud Cases There may be no more powerful tool in the federal prosecutorial arsenal than the conspiracy charge. Federal conspiracy law empowers prosecutors to charge defendants with...Read More
Why the Feds Are Second-Guessing Bills from Mobile X-Ray and Imaging Companies Over the last two decades, state and federal governments have devoted more resources than ever to investigating health care fraud and initiating enforcement actions. These actions are principally...Read More
Prescription Painkiller Abuse Is Causing Care Providers to Be Targeted Unfairly The United States is very much in the midst of a serious opioid crisis, and so much of the blame is being directed at doctors. Late last year, the...Read More
Pain Mills Are the New Pill Mills. Anyone Working in a Pain Clinic Must Be Cautious. We’ve all heard the term “pill mills.” It’s something of a buzzword in the news these days. It’s a convenient, catch-all scapegoat for the...Read More
How the Latest DOJ Takedown Illustrates the Need for Strong Ambulance Fraud Defense AmeriCare is the largest ambulance services company in Tampa, Florida. And Tampa just happens to be one of the nine metros in the United States with the...Read More
Why Doctors and Pharmacists Should Be More Watchful Than Ever The words “health care crackdown” are enough to elicit a hush in just about any doctor’s office or medical supply company, and for good reason. There are only so many...Read More
Mobile Health Care Provider Fraud: How Physicians, Managers & Owners Become Suspects Medicare believes it is paying billions of dollars every year to doctors who claim they’re making house calls but actually aren’t. So what does that mean for you...Read More
