Posted on Firm News July 31, 2014 by author
The Firm successfully convinced the Florida Department of Health to reject a claim of sexual misconduct made against the Firm’s physician client by a patient. The patient claimed that the physician inappropriately interacted with the patient during an office visit. The Firm’s rebuttal, which included affidavits from other witnesses and a polygraph examination of the Read more →
Posted on Firm News May 26, 2014 by author
After consideration of the rebuttal statement prepared by the Firm on behalf of a Registered Nurse accused of diverting controlled substances, the Probable Cause Panel for the Board of Nursing determined that probable cause did not exist and directed that the case against a Registered Nurse be closed by the Florida Department of Health. The Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News February 3, 2014 by author
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced effective January 31, 2014, a six-month moratorium continues for new and pending applications for home health agency providers and suppliers in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties and begins in Broward County. The moratorium, invoked under the Affordable Care Act, also affects other large metropolitan cities such as Read more →
Posted on Firm News February 1, 2014 by author
After consideration of the rebuttal statement prepared by the Firm, the Probable Cause Panel for the Board of Nursing determined that probable cause did not exist and directed the case against a Certified Nurse Assistant represented by the Firm be closed by the Florida Department of Health. The Firm fully investigated the allegations contained in Read more →
Posted on Firm News February 1, 2014 by author
After attempting to appeal the implementation of a 100% prepayment review by Medicare, a therapy/rehabilitation clinic hired the Firm to assist in challenging the prepayment review. Despite that fact that the client was successfully appealing the denied claims, the Medicare contractor was continuing the prepayment review. The Firm intervened on behalf of the client, using Read more →