On Thursday, March 27, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Health Law Executive Briefings, Rivkin Radler’s Ben Malerba will co-present with Jay Pruzansky and Rich Searles from Merritt Healthcare Advisors. The webinar, “The Evolving Opportunities to Strategically Partner or Sell Your Practice,” will discuss:
Welcome to the ICE Age—A New Era of Immigration Enforcement
On Thursday, February 27, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Health Law Executive Briefings, Partners Melissa Dearing, Henry Mascia and Ben Malerba will present “Welcome to the ICE Age—A New Era of Immigration Enforcement.”
The presentation will focus on:
- What do you do if ICE shows up at your door to conduct an arrest
2025 Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions: What To Expect; How To Prepare; Choosing The Right Deal
2025 promises to see a significant increase in the volume of healthcare mergers, acquisitions and consolidations. On Thursday, January 23, Rivkin Radler’s first Health Law Executive Briefing, 2025 Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, will take the form of a Q&A session led by Benjamin Malerba and featuring Norton Travis, veteran healthcare executive and the newest
CA Physician and Practice Resolve FCA Allegations for $3.8 Million
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced on October 11 that Dr. Janette Gray and her former medical practice, The Center for Health & Wellbeing in San Diego, resolved False Claims Act (FCA) allegations by agreeing to pay $3.8 million.
Gray and her practice allegedly billed Medicare and TRICARE from 2012
Patient and Family Complaints Require Careful Response
An article in the April issue of Healthcare Risk Management, “Patient and Family Complaints Require Careful Response,” highlights ways that healthcare organizations can address patient and family complaints in a professional and courteous way to avoid further escalation. Rivkin Radler partner Eric Strober was quoted in the article.
“Healthcare professionals should be
Trending Topics in Health Law Journals
The New York State Bar Association’s Health Law Journal recently published Jeff Ehrhardt’s column, a compendium of citations to recent and trending topics in health law journals. The complete issue of the Journal is available here.
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Pharmacy Owners Charged for Fraud and Kickbacks to a Marketing Company
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that a federal grand jury has charged two pharmacy owners, a mother-daughter duo from South Florida, with healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and payment of kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals.
According to the indictment, the pharmacy entered into sham contracts with marketing and telemedicine companies that disguised the
Amazon to Acquire One Medical for $3.9 Billion
On July 21, Amazon confirmed that it intends to acquire One Medical for approximately $3.9 billion in an all-cash transaction. One Medical is a membership-based, technology-driven, primary care and telehealth organization with about 767,000 members as of the end of March 2022. The deal strengthens Amazon’s growing connections to the healthcare sphere, as the e-commerce
Prepare and Monitor: Take Extra Steps when the Patient’s a Medical Tourist
An article published on May 16 in Part B News, “Prepare and monitor: Take extra steps when the patient’s a medical tourist,” discussed issues that U.S. medical practices can face when a patient receives medical treatment abroad. The medical tourism industry has been growing rapidly, led by a demand for cosmetic surgery
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