Mar 18, 2025 | Healthcare Transactions, Medicare and Medicaid
On March 14, Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing. During the two-and-a-half-hour session, Dr. Oz navigated a...
Mar 18, 2025 | Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Aylissa Glidewell, a 35-year-old from Kingsport, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud for her role in submitting fraudulent claims for COVID-19 employment tax credit refunds. According to the DOJ, Glidewell’s...
Mar 17, 2025 | Housing Development Law
Metro Atlanta renters are struggling under the weight of rising housing costs, with nearly one-third now spending more than half of their income on rent, according to new Census data. That’s worse than the national average, making it even harder for residents to...
Mar 4, 2025 | Medicare and Medicaid
A federal jury in Detroit convicted Sherif Khalil, a 50-year-old man from Redondo Beach, California, for his involvement in a fraud scheme that put Medicare out of over $4 million. The fraud stemmed from the submission of false claims for medically unnecessary urine...