In a recent post, we mentioned the Anti-Kickback Statute as being one of the federal statutes under which physicians and other health care providers can face penalties for fraudulently billing. As we mentioned, the Anti-Kickback Statute is one of the federal statutes...
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Month: June 2015
Federal law and health care fraud charges, P.2
We’ve been discussing the issue of fraud in our last several posts, particularly the issue of intent in health care fraud cases. We left off discussing the Anti-Kickback Statute, and noted that when prosecutors are not able to provide sufficient evidence to...
Federal law and health care fraud charges
In our last post, we spoke a bit about proving fraudulent intent in criminal cases and the importance of working with an experienced criminal defense attorney to make sure that prosecutors are doing their job when it comes meeting their burden of proof. This, of...
Issue of fraudulent intent an important one in criminal defense, P.2
In our last post, we wrote about a Florida ambulance company’s refusal to participate in a settlement involving fraud charges on the grounds that the company denied fraudulent intent in submitting inappropriate claims to Medicare. While the settlement involved...