Crash Course in Federal Grand Jury Issues for Dallas Area Witnesses One of the most powerful tools the federal government has when it comes to investigating possible Medicare fraud allegations in Dallas, or elsewhere, is the federal grand jury system....Read More
What Detroit Hospice Operators Should Know About the OIG Exclusion List Under various circumstances, the Office of Inspector General (OIC) has the authority to exclude individuals and entities, including Detroit area hospice operators, from federally funded healthcare programs pursuant to...Read More
Are Miami Area Healthcare Providers in Crosshairs of National Health Care “Takedown”? In late June 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an unprecedented sweep led by the much-publicized “Medicare Fraud...Read More
Dallas Home Health Agencies Should Be Concerned About New Medicare Fraud Initiative Reacting to critics of the federal government’s “pay and chase” method of fighting Medicare fraud, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the implementation of...Read More
“Implicit Certification” at Issue Before the High Court On April 19, 2016, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that should determine the extent to which the False Claims Act (FCA) can be utilized as a...Read More
Experienced Federal Fraud Lawyers Protecting Your Rights In late April 2016, a federal judge in Waco accepted a guilty plea from a Kileen, Texas doctor on a charge of misprision of a felony regarding what the DOJ alleged was pervasiveTricare...Read More
No Such Thing as a Broad Accountant-Client Privilege When it comes to federal tax matters, one of the most common and dangerous misunderstandings of American taxpayers is their belief that all communications between an accountant and the client are privileged....Read More
Federal Attorneys Defending You Against Mail Fraud Charges In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has stepped up its efforts to prosecute those persons whom its representatives believe have committed mail fraud. Generally speaking, mail fraud occurs when the...Read More
In a recent report, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services stated that it expected to recover more than $2.77 billion as a result of healthcare fraud audits and investigations during the first...Read More
If you recently discovered that you are the focus of a federal healthcare fraud investigation, you are not alone. Each year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and numerous other federal agencies investigate...Read More
