Grassley deserves credit for fighting fraud and abuse
By
David Barmak Esq., and Betty Frandsen, MHA, NHA, RN
Apr 17, 2017
Most people would acknowledge the President of the United States as the most powerful person in the world. If those same people were asked to identify who is currently the most powerful person in the healthcare...
Ask The Legal Expert about … compliance programs
By
John Durso
Jul 06, 2017
What’s needed for a vibrant compliance program in today’s increasingly scrutinized legal climate?
Pharma company Teva to pay $27 million over charges of kickbacks to promote dangerous antipsychotic
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 12, 2014
Teva Pharmaceuticals and subsidiary IVAX LLC have agreed to a $27.6 million settlement over charges that they paid kickbacks to a psychiatrist for putting nursing home residents on the antipsychotic drug...
HCR ManorCare is vowing not to back down from its refutation of three “whistleblower” lawsuits that allege the giant nursing home and rehabilitation chain fraudulently submitted claims to Medicare...
Nursing director among new defendants in expanded case against IL hospice, authorities announce
By
John Hall
May 28, 2014
A fraud case against a hospice company that provided services to nursing home residents has grown to include three additional defendants and the hospice organization itself, the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
AHCA: Statistical sampling an improper ‘sledgehammer’
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2016
The nation’s largest association for nursing home and other long-term care operators has publicly expressed its staunch disapproval of a federal prosecution method that takes only small slices of...
Golden Living to pay $600k but derides wound care charge
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2013
Golden Living announced in January it reached a settlement totaling more than $613,000 with the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice...
DOJ settles separate therapy billing disputes with Diversicare and Guardian Elder Care for nearly $25M
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 20, 2020
A dispute over therapy billing practices by Diversicare Healthcare Services has been resolved after the company announced on Wednesday its settlement agreement with the Department of Justice has been finalized.
OIG: Improper payment gains up $2.3 billion for FY 2016
By
Emily Mongan
Dec 02, 2016
Federal health officials recovered more than $5.66 billion in improper or fraudulent payments in fiscal year 2016, according to a report published Thursday. The recovery cases included a nursing home cited...
Doctor accused of vastly overprescribing antipsychotic to nursing home residents loses license
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 12, 2014
A Chicago psychiatrist has been stripped of his medical license over charges that he received kickbacks and overprescribed antipsychotic drug clozapine to nursing home residents.