Michigan Medicare Fraud Punished
A federal grand jury indicted owners and employees of eight home health agencies in the Metro-Detroit area on charges that they took part...
Holiday Gifts To Patients?
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the primary enforcer of fraud and abuse...
Let The Gifting Begin (if you're into such things)
On your mark... Get set... Go!..... If your agency is a "gifter" for the holidays you now have clearance to gift until your heart is...
Fraud and Abuse "Avengers" Now On The Case
On December 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of a False Claims Act (FCA) Working...
COVID Safe 10 Week Accelerator Training Is Back
January begins a new year in which many of us are glad to rid ourselves of 2020. January is also the best time to train your sales and...
Inservice Training for Marketers by Elizabeth Hogue
Inservice Training for Marketers A 90-Minute Lunch & Learn Audio Conference by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Wednesday, January 27, 2021...
Freedom of Choice Is Changing
Recent changes to the federal anti-kickback and Stark requirements include a special rule for directing patient referrals, but limits...
Post Sales Training Recidivism
In some form or fashion you train your sales and marketing staff, correct? Whether you have built your own in house training program or...
CMS Issues Stark Rule Final Update
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules governing physician self-referrals under the so-called Stark law...
Second Wave Closures
As predicted, the dreaded COVID-19 second wave is washing over us as we speak. Along with it come the numerous closures from offices and...
