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Jan 8, 2015 - Class Action by |

Sticky Situation For Doctors And The Stark Law

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Stark Law prevents doctors from receiving kickbacks by referring Medicare and Medicaid patients for designated health services (DHS.) Referrals for DHS include physical therapy, occupational therapy, radiology, computerized axial tomography scans, ultrasounds, radiation services, and such. This law however, contains exceptions. Doctors may refer patients for physician […]

Sep 4, 2014 - Medicare by |

The U.S. Department of Justice Joins Whistleblower Lawsuits Against UnitedHealth Group Inc.

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers brought two False Claims Act lawsuits for Medicare fraud against UnitedHealth Group, Inc. the first in 2011 and the second in 2014. On August 28, 2014, the Department of Justice joined the two complaints against UnitedHealth. In both lawsuits, whistleblowers alleged that UnitedHealth billed Medicare for hospice […]

Major Changes to Whistleblower Rules Include Narrowed List of Ineligible Whistleblowers, Changed Definition of “Collected Proceeds,” and More Opportunities for Awards for Whistleblower Information

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER On January 28, 2013 Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, delivered correspondence to the Internal Revenue Service with suggestions on how to improve the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. The IRS admitted receiving numerous letters expressing sentiments that largely mirrored those raised by the Iowa senator. While […]

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