On September 19, Rivkin Radler’s Jeff Kaiser will participate on a panel at Practising Law Institute’s “Life Sciences 2024: Navigating Legal Challenges in Drug and Device Industries” program in New York City.
Held at PLI’s NY Conference Center at 1177 Avenue of the Americas and also available to view online, the program will cover the
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently enacted a regulation that would effectively ban non-compete agreements for almost all employers. Unless the rule is blocked by legal challenges, it will take effect on September 4.
Long Island Business News hosted a webinar on June 26, which explored the ban’s viability. Ken Novikoff, who leads Rivkin Radler’s
Rivkin Radler Partner Eric Fader co-authored an article in the March-April issue of SpineLine, the magazine of the North American Spine Society (NASS). The article, “OIG Advisory Opinion Cautions Against ‘Surgeon Deals’ in Neuromonitoring,” was written with Rich Vogel, PhD, DABNM, FASNM, the current President of the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring
A May 20 article in Part B News, “Must You Rehire Suspended Providers Who Get Their License Back? Look to Contract,” discussed whether an employer must rehire a suspended provider who gets his or her license back. Rivkin Radler’s Chris Kutner was quoted in the article.
Chris said that the contract between
On Thursday, June 13, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler partner Ashley Algazi will present ”Conducting HIPAA Breach Assessments and Disclosures: Requirements and Tips for Success.” The program will take place from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM Eastern time via Zoom.
Some of the topics covered
On May 16, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) for knowingly failing to follow Medicare’s requirements for certain procedures performed.
Beginning in 2015, the hospital offered transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced on May 8 that Michigan Ear Care PLLC and James Aronovitz, D.O. agreed to pay over $2 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Aronovitz allegedly billed for ear care services under his own National Provider
On April 11, the medical director and the owner of a pain clinic in Kentucky were sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud federal healthcare programs and commercial insurance companies for medically unnecessary urine drug testing. Previously, in March 2023, the clinic’s medical director, William Lawrence Siefert, was convicted of healthcare
On April 10, Virginia-based nurse practitioner Daphne Jenkins was sentenced to prison for her participation in a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme that involved medically unnecessary orders for durable medical equipment (DME). As part of the scheme, Medicare claims were submitted based on false documentation and tainted by kickbacks.
The orders Jenkins signed were pre-populated
On Thursday, April 11, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler’s Bob Hussar, Chris Kutner and Mary Aperance will present “Defending Provider Audits.” The program will take place from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM Eastern time via Zoom.
The program will cover the similarities and differences in