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Wade Emmert
Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Secure 49-Month Sentence and Over $5 Million Restitution in Orthopedic Supplies Fraud Case
Press Release, Texas Attorney General: Kenric Wakeen Griffin, co-owner of New Horizons Durable Medical Equipment based in Frisco, TX, was sentenced to 49 months of federal…
Biden Administration Announces National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy
Steve Adler, for The HIPAA Journal: The Biden Administration has unveiled its National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES) which seeks to address the current cyber…
What Employers Need to Know about the Mental Health Parity Proposed Regulations
Suzanne G. Odom, for JacksonLewis: On July 25, 2023, the tri-agencies of the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued a…
Texas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Dismantle $142 Million Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme, Seizes $7.1M in Assets
Texas Attorney General Press Release: ApolloMDx offered illegal kickbacks in order to purchase both recipient information from marketers and orders for genetic testing from doctors. In…
Most Patients Using Weight-Loss Drugs Like Wegovy Stop Within a Year, Data Show
Medical weight-loss locations have skyrocketed, driven by semaglutide medications. But a recent article from Chad Terhune, for Reuters, calls into question its staying power: Only about…
New Stark Law Exception and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor Aim to Combat Physician Burnout
From Stevens & Lee: The Stark Law exception requires that health care entities make their physician wellness program available to all physicians who practice in the…
How Did This Happen? Understanding the Issue of Third-Party Tracking Tech in Healthcare
Jill McKeon, for Health IT Security: In June 2022, journalists discovered that a third of Newsweek’s top 100 hospitals in America had the Meta Pixel installed…
HHS Office of Civil Rights Requiring Healthcare Providers to Use HIPAA-compliant Telehealth Platforms by August 10
HHS Office of Civil Rights is requiring all healthcare providers to use HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms by Aug. 10. When the Public Health Emergency ended in May,…
Next-Gen Weight-Loss Drugs Receive Tentative Embrace by Medicaid
Medicare does not currently cover Wegovy or other medications specifically for obesity. But some Medicaid programs, which are administered by individual states, are negotiating discounts for…
Think Like a Prosecutor: How Physicians Can Address the Threat of Data Mining-Based Fraud Investigations
Dan Martin, for Medical Economics: When you deviate from your peers, be especially sure to document the legitimate reasons for that deviation. Expect that insurance companies,…