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Tag Archives: liability
Board oversight: Fiduciary duty of care and individual liability
By: Gabriel Imperato and Joseph Picone Directors of healthcare organizations have important responsibilities relating to corporate compliance requirements that are unique to the healthcare industry. The risks of non-compliance have grown dramatically over the last decade for healthcare organizations as … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Gabriel Imperato, Joseph Picone
Tagged board members, Broad and Cassel, CIAs, compliance violations, corporate integrity agreements, False Claims Act, fiduciary obligations, Florida, HCCA, Health Care Compliance Association, health law, healthcare, liability, OIG-HHS, oversight, protected activity, unlawful, whistleblowers
Department of Justice increases focus on organizational compliance
By: Gabriel Imperato The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently articulated important enforcement policies and created the position of Compliance Counsel, which are expected to have a dramatic impact on criminal and civil prosecution of healthcare fraud matters. The policy … Continue reading
The Domino Effect: Tougher Medicare Regulations Have Far Reaching Implications for Florida Physicians
By: Elizabeth P. Perez Recent changes in federal regulations may expose Medicare and Medicaid providers, particularly physicians, to tougher sanctions. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a rule that expands its authority to revoke a … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud/Abuse, Regulatory
Tagged AHCA, Broad and Cassel, CAP, CMS, corrective action plan, Florida, fraud and abuse, health care, health law, Health Law Practice Group, healthcare, liability, Medicare, physicians, regulatory
6 ways health care providers can reduce fraud, waste and abuse risks in 2016
By: Michael Bittman Health care providers such as hospitals and doctors face a variety of legal risks: malpractice, tax, and fraud, waste and abuse. Recent cases have shown that fraud, waste and abuse exposure can dwarf the risk of malpractice … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Fraud/Abuse, Mike Bittman
Tagged CMS, compliance, fraud, fraud and abuse, Health Law Practice Group, HHS, liability, malpractice, Medicaid, Medicare, OIG, providers, tax liability, TRICARE, waste
Justice Department takes aim at individuals for corporate misconduct
Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Gabriel Imperato was featured in a Modern Healthcare article on corporate misconduct. Please click here to read the article.
Understanding the Internal Investigation Process
By: Gabriel Imperato and Stephen Siegel Healthcare providers and vendors who provide items and services to providers have many reasons to carefully evaluate their legal and financial risk. One reason might involve learning that the organization is being investigated by … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Gabriel Imperato, Risk/Liability, Stephen Siegel
Tagged Broad and Cassel, compliance, compliance program, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Florida, Florida healthcare, health care, health law, Health Law Practice Group, internal investigation, investigation, liability, Medicaid, Medicare, risk
Protecting Patient Health Information in Florida
Vanessa Reynolds and Stephen Siegel, members of the Firm’s Health Law Practice Group, are the editors of “PROTECTING PATIENT INFORMATION IN FLORIDA.” Ms. Reynolds and Mr. Siegel have prepared this publication in order to provide our clients, colleagues and other … Continue reading
Posted in Regulatory, Risk/Liability, Stephen Siegel, Vanessa Reynolds
Tagged Broad and Cassel, Florida health care, Florida health law, health care, health care industry, Health Law Practice Group, healthcare, HIPAA, HIPAA-HITECH, HITECH, liability, patient health information, patient information, PHI, risk, statutes
Mankodi and Levinson Published in Compliance Today Magazine
Shachi Mankodi and Hannah Levinson, associates in our Fort Lauderdale office, were published in the June issue of the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Compliance Today magazine. Please click here to view their article, “Expanding protection for whistleblowers.”
Posted in Practice News
Tagged Broad and Cassel, False Claims Act, FCA, FERA, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, Health Law Practice Group, liability, private companies, publicly traded companies, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX, U.S. Supreme Court, Whistleblower, whistleblower lawsuits, whistleblower protections
Gabriel Imperato set to speak at HCCA Annual Compliance Institute
Gabriel Imperato, managing partner of Broad and Cassel’s Fort Lauderdale office and co-chair of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Compliance Practice Group, will be a featured speaker at the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) 18th Annual Compliance Institute. Imperato … Continue reading
