The Digital Health Corner

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Registries have traditionally been viewed as static repositories of data to be reviewed in a summary fashion after a predetermined time period. The expanding need for drilled down relevant data has led to the development of creative sophisticated data analytics technologies. We have witnessed the transformation of registry data collection which now includes curation of relevant raw data ranging from medical images and pathology slides to genomics.

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The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 27, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 21, 2016, a Florida federal judge clarified that the dismissal of a whistleblower’s $320 million False Claims Act (FCA) (or qui tam) suit against a hospice care provider does not affect the government’s ability to file its own lawsuit.

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VW Health Care Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits health care entities from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The ACA prohibition on discrimination applies to covered entities, which means those healthcare entities that receive federal financial assistance through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 26, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 21, 2016, the part owner of a Florida compounding pharmacy reportedly agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle claims that he knowingly billed federal health care programs for services that were not eligible for reimbursement. The settlement of alleged False Claims Act (FCA) violations with the part owner of Maitland-based QMedRx, follows a similar deal authorities reached with several of his c

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The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 25, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In July 2013, Dr. Alunda Hunt M.D., was employed by the Georgia Hospitalists Group to treat acutely ill patients at the Spaulding Regional Medical Center. Exactly one month after hire, Hunt provided a doctor's note explaining that he had a chronic medical condition and was being treated with back injections and a combination of prescribed narcotics.

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