Today, the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced a settlement with Medical … Read More “Billing Agent for Healthcare Provider Settles for $500,000 to Resolve TRICARE False Claims Act Case”
This week, the New York State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, issued audit findings which claimed that the New York State … Read More “Comptroller Claims NYSDOH Leaves $95 Million of Drug Rebates on the Table”
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is soliciting topics for new safe harbors and special fraud alerts. The … Read More “CMS Solicits Comments on New Antikickback Safe Harbors”
The New York State has delayed implementation of Behavioral Home and Community-Based Services (“HCBS”) outside of New York City. These … Read More “Behavioral Home and Community-Based Services Delayed”
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli today released an audit of Social Adult Day Services (“SADS”) programs in New York … Read More “New York State Comptroller Audits Social Adult Day Programs”
This month’s column in the Albany County Bar Association Newsletter reviews the situation that unfolded earlier this year at the … Read More “Disclosure Of Student Mental Health Records: Teachable Moment From Oregon”
With the NFL season opener just a few hours away, the arrival our most recent Health Law column in the … Read More “ESPN, JPP, and HIPAA: CAN REPORTERS BE LIABLE FOR REVEALING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION?”
In the wake of some of the largest data security breaches in history, including the massive breach of government computer … Read More “Beware of Broadening Data Security Requirements – A National Trend”
On August 3, 2015, Judge D.J. Ramos of the Southern District of New York denied Healthfirst’s motion to dismiss the … Read More “Update: Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Federal Case and Identifies When 60-day Clock for Repayment of Overpayments Begins Ticking”
The New York State Department of Health announced the winners of five licenses to manufacture and dispense medical marijuana today. … Read More “Medical Marijuana License Winners Announced”