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Are You in Charge of You

WebA Health Care Proxy allows a competent adult to appoint an agent to make health care choices for them if they lose the ability to make those decisions for …

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The Anti-Kickback Statute’s Role in Health Insurance Fraud Cases

WebMcKesson Corp., No. 15-CV-0903 (RA) (S.D.N.Y. May 5, 2022), that illustrates the kinds of allegations that courts are being asked to evaluate in AKS-related …

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Health Insurance Fraud: A Key Focus of State and Federal …

WebThe statistics in the federal report are quite eye-popping. For instance, in fiscal year 2017, the DOJ opened 967 new criminal health-care fraud investigations, of which …

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The Prohibition against the Corporate Practice of Medicine: Alive …

WebSouth Bay Medical Health Centers, et al. 15-13065 (In 2021, the Massachusetts attorney general reached a $25 million settlement with private equity firm …

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The Family Health Care Decisions Act’s Limitations

WebThe Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA) was put in place to address this situation. However, its provisions are often difficult to interpret or apply, which is why …

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Healthcare Fraud Tops DOJ’s Annual False Claims Act Report – …

WebThe Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on February 7 detailing the settlements and judgments it obtained under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) for the …

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The False Claims Act: A Powerful Tool Against Federal Health Care

WebThe government alleged that, from April 2013 through December 2015, Centers Plan fraudulently enriched itself at the expense of Medicaid by knowingly and systematically …

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The Broad Reach of the Medicare Fraud Strike Forces

WebIt has been over a decade since the U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly created the federal government’s first Medicare Fraud …

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ERISA and Insurer Fraud Suits Against Health Care Providers

WebERISA and Insurer Fraud Suits Against Health Care Providers January 5, 2015 | Appeals | Insurance Coverage One of the significant legal issues facing an …

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NY Enacts Scaled-Back Version of Hochul’s Health Care …

WebThe new law requires “health care entities” engaging in “material transactions,” as defined, to provide the Department of Health written notice and …

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NY Hospital Pays $3 Million HIPAA Settlement Rivkin Radler

WebA proposed rule released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on December 10 would give healthcare providers Read More. Bogus HIPAA …

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NYS Legalizes Gestational Surrogacy: Changes for Health Care …

WebOn February 16, 2021, the Governor enacted the Child-Parent Security Act (“the Act”) through emergency regulations, legalizing compensated gestational surrogacy …

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Robert H. Iseman Rivkin Radler

WebRobert H. Iseman, a native of Albany, has represented both institutional and individual healthcare providers and health insurers for more than 40 years. As a partner in the …

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OIG Clarifies Hospitals' Obligations to Patients with Psychiatric

WebThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently entered into a settlement with AnMed Health (“AnMed”), a …

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Private Insurers Must Watch Out for Medical Equipment Fraud

WebHealthcare fraud related to durable medical equipment (DME) is extremely costly to insurers yet often continues without criminal or civil consequences. Fraudulent …

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CARES Act Changes Privacy Rules for Substance Use Disorder …

WebThe Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), signed into law on March 27, made some substantial changes to the confidentiality rules …

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Insurance Coverage Rivkin Radler Attorneys at Law NY NJ

WebJessica Lefebvre Associate. Rebecca Matthews Associate. Morgan Miller Associate. Morgan Moceyunas Associate. Rebecca Morrison Associate. Jason A. Sanders Associate. …

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The Omnibus Rule: Major Changes Rivkin Radler

WebThe Omnibus Rule changed the breach standard from a “significant risk of harm” to a “probability that data was compromised” standard. The prior standard focused …

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New AKS Safe Harbors Finalized Rivkin Radler

WebThe Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) has finalized new safe harbors and modifications of existing safe harbors under …

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Insureds’ Materially False Statements Can Doom

WebThere are many different kinds of insurance fraud, as this column regularly observes. There can be fraud contained in applications for insurance policies, …

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Claudia Honan (Hinrichsen) Rivkin Radler

WebClaudia Honan (Hinrichsen) represents healthcare providers and related entities– including urgent care businesses, large multi-specialty medical practice, private equity companies, …

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HEALTH LAW BULLETIN

Web926 EAB Plaza Uniondale, New York 11556-0926 Phone: (516) 357-3005 Fax: (516) 357-3333 [email protected]. David Manko is a Partner in the firm's Health Services …

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