by Nolan and Auerbach on March 23, 2007
The future of Saint Barnabas Health Care System has now become certain; it has decided to close Union Hospital in Union, New Jersey. The Vice President of Saint Barnabas Health Care System denied that the hospital’s deficit had anything to do with the $265 million settlement Saint Barnabas agreed to pay in the wake of, [...]
by Nolan and Auerbach on March 20, 2007
An owner of All Medical Billing Solutions, Inc (All Medical Billing) located in Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud Medicare, pay health care kickbacks and laundering health care fraud proceeds. Sotto’s company submitted fraudulent Project New Hope (a Miami HIV medical clinic) claims to Medicare in [...]
by Nolan and Auerbach on March 14, 2007
Westchester Medical Center received a subpoena on January 31, 2007 from Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, asking for information going back to 1997, primarily related to the hospital’s relationships with its doctors. Under Stark and anti-kickback laws, hospitals are not permitted to give physicians inducements for patient [...]
by Nolan and Auerbach on March 14, 2007
Westchester Medical Center received a subpoena on January 31, 2007 from Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, asking for information going back to 1997, primarily related to the hospital’s relationships with its doctors. Under Stark and anti-kickback laws, hospitals are not permitted to give physicians inducements for patient [...]