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Another Resolution by DOJ Pursuant to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Highlights Continued Efforts to Hold Companies Accountable for Ensuring Data are Secured

Health Care Law Brief

We previously wrote about the United States Department of Justice’s (“ DOJ ”) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“ CCFI ”), which “aims to hold accountable entities or individuals that put U.S. To resolve these allegations, Jelly Bean and Spinks agreed to pay $293,771. FHKC shut down its website’s application portal shortly thereafter.

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Settlement Agreed with Florida Children’s Health Insurance Website Contractor to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

HIPAA Journal

FHKC contracted with Jelly Bean Communications Design on October 13, 2013, to provide web design, programming, and hosting services. The contract was renewed by FHKC through 2020, with the federal government covering 86% of the payments to Jelly Bean Communications Design.

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Supreme Court Ruling Narrows Reach of Identity Theft Law

HIPAA Journal

In 2013, David Dubin was examining a patient when he was informed by his father that the patient’s Medicaid benefits had been exhausted and cut the evaluation short. Under the letter of the law, small-scale fraud and large-scale fraud carry the same sentence for aggravated identity theft.

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Safeguarding Against Medical Identity Theft Training

American Medical Compliance

This type of theft is just one example of healthcare fraud. Through Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the federal government and state governments offer health care coverage to nearly 100 million individuals. trillion in 2015. trillion in 2015.

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U.S. Court in Michigan Denies Motion to Suppress Evidence in Medicare Fraud Case

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health On February 3, 2016, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denied a motion to suppress all evidence of health care fraud seized by the government pursuant to a search warrant of Naseem Minhas’s home health care agency. in December 2013. Indest III, J.D.,

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OIG Updates the Self-Disclosure Protocol: Key Changes

Health Law Attorney

On November 8, 2021, the Office of Inspector General (“ OIG ”) issued multiple updates to the Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol (“ SDP ”), incorporating legal changes made since the previous SDP revision in 2013. The OIG’s updated SDP may be accessed here. Below is an overview of the updates. Increased Minimums to Settle.

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DOJ Settles Self-Reported Referral Incentives With Dermatology Practice Manager

McGuire Wood

times the amount the government believed was due to improper billing, after a voluntary disclosure to the Department of Justice (DOJ). According to the DOJ press release, from January 2013 to July 2018, Oliver Street, doing business as U.S. This settlement includes more than $5.928 million in restitution, essentially a payment of 1.49

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