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Clinic Owner Sent to Prison for Orchestrating $15M Medicare Fraud and Kickback Scheme
Gwendolyn Gibbs, the owner of the Houston-based Daybreak Rehabilitation Center, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $8.68 million in…
Patient Inducements: Law and Limits
From Holland & Hart, by Kim Stanger: Although often well-intentioned, offering free or discounted items or services to patients (e.g., gifts, rewards, writing off copays, free…
Surprise… No Surprises Act Arbitration Is Too Expensive
Kirk Davis, Danielle Gordet, writing for Akerman: In December of 2022, the Departments had increased the fee from $50 to $350, effective January 1, 2023, to…
Texas Amends Data Breach Notification Law
Julia K. Kadish, writing for SheppardMullin: Texas recently enacted an amendment to its data breach notification law. As of September 1, 2023, there are two changes…
The Evolution of Telehealth and What’s Next
James Tekippe, CFA, writing for VMG Health: For those in the healthcare industry, telemedicine has been viewed as a way to increase access to healthcare, while…
New Texas Medical Billing Requirements Can Leave Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Unable to Collect for Services Provided
Joe Lecroy, Tracie Bedeauxm, writing for Katton: Starting September 1, 2023, health care facilities in Texas will have to make changes to their billing practices to…
It’s a Long Way From Here to There: Advanced Healthcare Practitioners, EMTALA’s Call Coverage Requirements, and Rural Hospitals
Nick Healey, writing for HuschBlackwell | Healthcare Law Insights: In an attempt to fill out the call schedule, however, some rural hospitals list advanced healthcare practitioners…
Unfavorable OIG Advisory Opinion Issued for a Proposed Venture with Surgeon Owners but Managed by Others
Tom Greeson, writing for ReedSmith: Although it is possible to enter into business ventures with referral sources, care needs to be taken to ensure that the…
Our Health Care System May Soon Receive a Much-Needed Cybersecurity Boost
Lily Hay Newman, writing for Wired.com and Ars Technica: The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H), a research support agency within the United States Department…
OIG Again Concludes That Online Health Care Provider Marketplace Does Not Violate Fraud and Abuse Laws
Douglas A. Grimm, Gayland O. Hethcoat II, writing for ArentFox Schiff: In Advisory Opinion No. 23-04, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office…