by admin | May 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
If allegations against them prove true, a group of New York doctors, medical staff members and billing specialists may have taken an early lead in the bid for worst Medicaid fraud of the year. These guys promised homeless people free shoes, but the homeless people...
by admin | May 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
So what’s your “mad” threshhold? Let’s try this. What if you went to your doctor with a health problem, and he told you he knew about a machine that could help you. You dutifully went through treatments with this medical device that your doctor...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Medical care kickbacks are illegal, but some hospitals are trying to make an end-run around the law by coming up with creative and sneaky ways to cut doctors and nursing homes in for a piece of the action. Creative and sneaky, yes — but not creative and sneaky...
by admin | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pssstt. Hey, you! Come over here. You look like a discerning buyer. I’ve got some very special Arizona property for sale. Very, very cheap. Such a deal! Have you ever been to Arizona? You haven’t? Good. Well in that case, I need to mention that this...
by admin | Mar 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
My great-grandfather was a country doctor in Alabama during the Great Depression. He did emergency surgery wherever he had to — including once, to the great consternation of my great-grandmother, right smack in the middle of the dining room table. He never, ever...
by admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
My law firm is looking to hire someone. Our ideal candidate does not need any particular skills or training. The person does not need to be motivated and will not be expected to work regular hours. Or any hours. Actually, the person does not even need to show up. It...
by admin | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Just how many ways are there for a hospital to try to slip some money to a doctor to persuade him to refer the hospital some business? Oh, sure, there’s your plain-vanilla “here’s some cash, quick, hide it!” scheme. But as it turns out,...
by admin | Mar 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
There is something inherently wrong with paying a doctor to diagnose, treat or prescribe based on his own financial interests, instead of his patient’s. The Stark Act makes it illegal to pay a doctor to refer a patient to a particular hospital or nursing home,...
by admin | Mar 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Where does the Government lose the most money to fraud? Dirty defense contractors? Highway contractors who skimp on the ingredients for asphalt? Nope. Healthcare fraud is dominating the False Claims Act cases. In one case, a hospital was even accused of doing...
by admin | Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Stark Act addresses a problem that most of us assume could not conceivably actually be a threat. The Act makes it illegal to bribe a doctor to refer patients or prescribe certain medicines. Stark makes it clear that doctors are expected to make diagnoses and refer...
