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FBI, DOJ bust 24 people in $1.2 billion telemedicine fraud scheme

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hundreds of thousands patients were lured into worldwide criminal healthcare fraud schemes involving telemedicine and durable medical equipment (DME) executives, according to the FBI and Department of Justice. WHY IT MATTERS. billion in losses.

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October-December 2021 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

This notice extends the waiver of the continuing education requirements for current active health officers and REHSs who are renewing their license for the 2022 licensing period. 10:191, Children’s Partial Care Programs, by the Department in 2007; and N.J.A.C. See N.J.A.C. 8:7-1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.17. 10:101 as N.J.A.C.

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Mifepristone Manufacturer Wins First Round in West Virginia

Drug & Device Law

at *1, by threatening to revoke the license, and jail for at least three years, any West Virginia physician so bold as to prescribe the plaintiff’s FDA-approved drug for its FDA-approved use. Even before that post- Dobbs statute, however, West Virginia “prohibit[ed] providers from prescribing medication abortion drugs via telemedicine.”

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