The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law An Orlando health clinic owner and one other person were recently arrested on charges of defrauding multiple insurance companies and payers, according to the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud. Dr. Troy Godsey of Spine Health Solutions, P.A., allegedly provided treatments to”patients” involved in auto accidents.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

By George F. Indest IV, Director of System Services, The Health Law Firm, and George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law (Part 1 of a 2 part blog) For more than a week, the computer systems at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center have been offline following a cyber-attack. The hospital has, apparently, also been locked out of all access to patient electronic health records (EHR).

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In this three part blog series, I will focus on how the investigation of a complaint against your nursing license could lead to the revocation of the license, and the assessment of tens of thousands of dollars in fines, as well as a number of adverse collateral consequences.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Florida has been plagued for years with the reputation of being the "pill mill capital of the country." Lawmakers needed to do something about prescription painkiller abuse. But, the crackdown on pill mills has produced unintended consequences. Since 2011, there have been strict regulations on doctors and pharmacies when it comes to dispensing controlled substances.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health On February 11, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule which eased requirements for health care providers to return overpayments within 60 days to avoid False Claims Act (FCA) liability. Under the rule, overpayments must be reported and returned only if a person identifies the overpayment within six years of the date the overpayment was received.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 10, 2016, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had reached a settlement agreement with two compounding pharmacies and four physicians in Florida for $10 million. The physicians, Manish Bansal, Mehul Parekh, Marisol Arcila, and Syed Asad allegedly profited from the military’s health care program called TRICARE.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Two whistleblowers brought suit against Pfizer’s Wyeth Pharmaceutical Inc. (Wyeth) alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). Relator Lauren Kieff alleged the company encouraged physicians to prescribe its acid reflux drug, Protonix, off-label.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 12, 2016, a Florida ophthalmologist accused of bribing his friend, US Sen. Robert Menendez, said that separate allegations against him for Medicare fraud should be dismissed. Dr. Salomen Melgen was accused of using one single-dose vial of the wet macular degeneration drug Lucentis on multiple patients at his clinic called Vitreo-Retinal Consultants.

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