Posts Tagged ‘Prosecution’
Facts Always Matter
Click the link inside the opinion to read the judge’s full opinion on the factual allegations versus the factual record. If your attorney represents you like this, get a new attorney.
Read MoreCMS/Cardinal Health, Novitas Improper Audits and Claw Backs
I represent many health care providers. I also represent health care businesses respond to CMS, Cardinal Health and or Novitas Solutions improper medicare medicaid audits and claw backs. My clients email me these audit letters that are generated through AI data dumping and crunching. This process is authorized through the federal OIG regulations that give…
Read MorePhysician – not Physician’s Assistant – Must See Patients
A St. Louis physician plead guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy. He admitted that while operating St. Louis General Hospital locations in the city and Creve Coeur, Mo., he and his office manager hired assistant physicians (“APs”) to see patients but billed federal healthcare programs as if he had seen them. He…
Read MoreA Licensed Clinical Social Worker that claims he is a Doctor– William J Heran ….. Be Careful.
I often write about Pennsylvania’s PHP and Pennsylvania’s health care boards; impairment investigations that start after a DUI, a positive pre-employment drug test, or an accusation of being drunk at work. The new PHP and the PHMP have ratcheted up their enforcement, their insensitivity to drug or alcohol use, and should not be trusted by…
Read MoreHow crimes of moral turpitude could affect a professional license
There is no one way of defining crimes of moral turpitude. Crimes involving offensive acts that are vile and depraved, that go against societal norms and the duty owed to others and are shocking to a reasonable person may come close to a definition. Generally speaking, crimes of moral turpitude question a person’s ethics, morals,…
Read MoreMedical marijuana and Pennsylvania State Police — More Illegal Car Stops
Another case where a Pa State Trooper makes up facts, charges someone with a criminal offense which the law determines is not illegal and the courts have to intercede to straighten the state police out. Call me to discuss your MMA card, police stop, DUI investigation
Read MoreMARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN NEW JERSEY — BIG CHANGES ALREADY
HERE IS THE TEXT OF THE DIRECTIVE FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY SUBJECT: Directive Governing Dismissals of Certain Pending Marijuana Charges On February 22, 2021, the Governor signed the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act and the marijuana decriminalization laws. In light of these new laws,…
Read MorePennsylvania Suspends Certain Licensure Requirements for State Board of Psychology, and State Board of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Professional Counselors
March 22, 2020 Pennsylvania Suspends Certain Licensure Requirements for State Board of Psychology, and State Board of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Professional Counselors In order to increase the number of health-care practitioners available to respond to the COVID- 19 emergency, Governor Wolf has granted the Department of State’s request to suspend some…
Read MoreHEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LICENSE RENEWAL EXTENSIONS — VERY IMPORTANT
March 27, 2020 COVID-19 License Renewal Extensions for Nurses and Others This document includes guidance for: State Board of Medicine State Board of Nursing State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators State Board of Barber Examiners` State Navigation Commission State Real Estate Commission Summary: Due to the COVID-19 emergency,…
Read MoreRevision to Pennsylvania Telemedicine Regulations
March 18, 2020 Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency In order to increase the number of health care practitioners available to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and to ensure continuity of patient care and services, Governor Wolf has granted the Department of State’s request to allow…
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