The United States Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey recently published a news release claiming a New York man defrauded a health benefit fund of over $4 million. The feds claim the man was part of an intricate healthcare fraud...
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Month: July 2021
NY pharmacy owner gets 3 years imprisonment for healthcare fraud
The feds continue to crackdown on pharmacy owners who do not follow applicable regulations. In a recent case, prosecutors accused a pharmacy owner of falsely claiming to be a pharmacist. They state that he was not licensed as a pharmacist and did not have the proper...
Are physician’s practices a dying breed?
Almost 50% of all physicians were employed by hospitals as of January 2021. This number represents an increase of 5% from the same time period in 2019. The data, gathered by the Physicians Advocacy Institute and Avalere, shows an increase of hospital-owned practices...
Can I lose my medical license for using social media?
The media recently highlighted this question when hospital administration fired a physician out of Arizona from her position at Phoenix Children’s Hospital after making anti-Semitic statements on her Instagram page. The posts disparaged the state of Israel, calling it...
When does marketing become an EKRA violation?
The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) is part of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act singed into law in 2018. This law impacts clinical treatment facilities and...