NYC Doctor Gets Prison Term for Posing as Clinic Owner in $30 Million Fraud Scheme
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 22, 2018, a doctor received a sentence of one year and a day in prison from a New York federal court for his part in a $30 million scheme to defraud Medicare and the state Medicaid […]
Some Providers Billing PIP Claims No Longer Exempt From Health Care Clinic Act
By Michael L. Smith, R.R.T., J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Some health care providers that were previously exempt from the requirements of the Health Care Clinic Act are now required to obtain a Health Care Clinic license in order to bill for care provided to their patients injured in car […]
Dentists and Dental Hygienists Beware: Know Who Actually Owns Your Clinic
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Florida has long been a state that does not prohibit the corporate practice of medicine, unlike many other states. However, it does prohibit the corporate practice of dentistry. The key provision in Florida law that establishes this is […]