Aug 27, 2019 | White Collar Crime
In 2016, Stop Illinois Health Care Fraud, LLC, brought a case against Asif Sayeed, Physician Care Services, S.C., Vital Home & Healthcare, Inc., and Management Principles, Inc. (MPI) under the qui tam (whistleblower) provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA),...
Aug 27, 2019 | Health Care
The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) is a federal law that, at its core, prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving any sort of remuneration in exchange for federal healthcare program referrals. AKS violations carry with them potential criminal penalties,...
Aug 27, 2019 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) prohibits the knowing submission of a false or fraudulent claim to the federal government. Many states have their own version of the FCA, prohibiting the same conduct in relation to state programs. Although the FCA is often...
Jul 25, 2019 | Employment Law
On July 17, 2019, Bianca Boyd, a former medical assistant at Copper University Hospital in New Jersey, sued her former employer for religious bias, as well as violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the New...
Jul 25, 2019 | White Collar Crime
On July 17, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Miami-Luken, Inc., a pharmaceutical distributor. The indictment has garnered attention due to the named defendants and the allegations. Besides Miami-Luken, the indictment named individually (1)...
Jul 25, 2019 | Health Care
In a July 2019 report, HHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase its oversight of hospice providers. The OIG noted its own existing initiatives related to hospice fraud and abuse,...
Jun 27, 2019 | White Collar Crime
Last month, Mr. Roderic Bain, the owner of over a dozen durable medical equipment companies, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $1.9 million in fines for submitting over $10 million in claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary...
May 28, 2019 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
Kaydon Corporation, a Michigan-based company that manufacturers ball bearings used on medical systems, industrial machinery, and semiconductors, has agreed to pay $38,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiff...
