HHS DAB Upholds Revocation of Clinic’s Medicare Provider Number
On February 20, 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Departmental Appeals Board upheld CMS’ revocation of the Medicare provider number of a clinic/group practice. In Advanced Care...
View ArticleOIG Publishes Special Fraud Alert Regarding Laboratory Payments To Referring...
The laboratory market has become quite competitive in recent years, raising compliance concerns and investigations into lab relationships with referring physicians. Accordingly, on June 25, 2014, the...
View ArticleOne Of The Country’s Largest Hospital Organizations to Pay $98.15 Million...
On Monday, August 4, 2014, The Department of Justice announced that Community Health Systems (“CHS”), the nation’s largest operator of acute care hospitals, agreed to pay $98.15 million to settle nine...
View ArticleLessons Learned: May a Healthcare Professional Say No To Treating Ebola?
May a licensed healthcare professional refuse to treat a patient? Healthcare providers have legal, ethical and professional duties to address a patient’s needs that fall within the provider’s scope of...
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