OUR BLOGS
Seven Things To Know When You Receive A Notice Of Investigation From The Department Of Health
Latest Posts
Beware of “Your License is Suspended” Telephone Extortion Scam
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law I was recently contacted by a nurse practitioner client of mine who had received an alarming telephone call on her cell phone from someone identifying himself as a criminal investigator with the Florida
Don’t Ignore Florida Department of Health Letters: Act Now
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law I hear again and again from doctors, nurses, dentists, mental health counselors, and other health professionals that they received a letter from the Florida Department of Health (DOH) and did not respond to
DOJ Launches Whistleblower Rewards Program Inspired by Old West Posters
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified By The Florida Bar in Health Law Deputy U.S. Attorney General (DAG), Lisa Monaco, announced during her keynote speech at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime that the Department of Justice would be implementing a
Good News and Bad News: Medicare Decreases Physician Rates but Mental Health Counselors Now Allowed to Bill Medicare
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law and Hartley Brooks, Law Clerk, The Health Law Firm On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that decreased overall payment rates for services provided
Many Adverse NPDB Actions Are Reported That Should Not Be; Here Are Some Examples
We are constantly being contacted by physicians, nurse practitioners, and other licensed health professionals seeking to appeal adverse National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reports. Often, we find that an adverse report has been made when the matter should not have been. Federal regulations and NPDB guidelines establish the types of
FL Pharmacy Alleges Wrongful HHS PrEP Program Termination
On March 25, 2024, a Florida-based pharmacy alleged in a lawsuit it filed that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) abruptly cut it off from a federal program. This program provides free access to pre-exposure prophylaxis HIV-prevention (PrEP) medication for HIV patients. Turner Drugs filed a motion