Prosecutors Freeze Assets in Medicare Fraud Case, Prevent Payment of Legal...
The constitutionally guaranteed rights of a criminal defendant sometimes conflict with the interpretation of a criminal statute. When these situations arise, a case generally works its way to the U.S....
View ArticleIn-House, Corporate Counsel Face Impending Conflicts in Criminal Investigations
In a major speech at New York City University this past September, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates announced that the U.S. Justice Department had issued new policy guideline that would...
View ArticleSupreme Court Prevents Looters from Eviscerating Right to Counsel
The Sixth Amendment right to counsel in this country is constitutionally sacrosanct. It has long been popularly believed that every person in America has an undeniable right to retain the counsel of...
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Dallas Doctor Used Homeless Patients in Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Federal prosecutors are calling it “the largest home health fraud ever orchestrated by a single doctor.” And there seems to be a good reason for it. The Dallas Morning News reports a local doctor...
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After Two High Profile Texas Health Care Fraud Cases, Who’s Next?
The American healthcare system is big and complex. It confuses and frustrates even the most seasoned user of the system. The amount of money that goes in and out of our healthcare system each year is...
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Health Care Fraud Allegations Link Florida Doctor, NJ Senator
Both were prominent members of their communities—the Florida doctor and the New Jersey U.S. Senator. The doctor most assuredly and the senator more than likely will soon be inmates in the Federal...
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DOJ Charges Hundreds in Biggest Healthcare Fraud Action Ever
More than 600 people, including doctors, were charged in June with crimes in connection with health care frauds exceeding $2 billion and contributed significantly to the nation’s opioid crisis,...
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Texas Doctor Convicted in Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Fraud Scheme
The cost of healthcare remains on a permanent upward trend. Pharmaceutical companies know people need their products, so they raise their prices at will. Because of the volume of money in the...
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Texans Are at Risk: What You Need to Know about Telecare Fraud Schemes
At the beginning of 2020, many healthcare providers were not allowed to offer diagnoses without physically seeing a patient. Because of the dangers posed by COVID-19, and subsequent lockdowns to...
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Medicare Scheme Costs Texas-based Hospice Group CEO 15 Years
Some white collar crimes are often seen as having little or no impact on society at large. These are generally referred to as victimless crimes. But the reality is that these crimes are anything but...
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Federal Healthcare Fraud: Texas Doctors Pay $28 Million
It seems as if the federal government is always increasing regulations, expanding enforcement of them, and intensifying the scrutiny under which the health care industry in the United States operates....
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