Posted on Firm News November 22, 2013 by author
The State Attorney’s Office has abandoned all charges against a physician client represented by Nicholson & Eastin, LLP. The physician had been charged with drug trafficking, operating a pain clinic without a license, and receiving drugs without the required pedigree documents. The family practice physician was facing a 25-year minimum mandatory sentence if convicted. Mr. Read more →
Posted on Firm News August 20, 2013 by author
The Florida Department of Health closed an investigation against a Registered Nurse represented by the Firm after a panel of the Board of Nursing found no probable cause to believe the nurse acted improperly in connection with the death of patient. The Firm investigated the preliminary complaint against the nurse and prepared a rebuttal that Read more →
Posted on Firm News April 5, 2013 by author
After having been convicted a decade ago in a Medicare kickback case, and being subsequently excluded from participation in the Medicare Program, the health care provider engaged Nicholson & Eastin, LLP to assist him with seeking reinstatement to the Medicare Program. Reinstatement as a Medicare provider after exclusion is not automatic, and can in many Read more →
Posted on Firm News February 26, 2013 by author
After his prior counsel declared the challenge to the revocation a lost cause, a physician that had been deployed by the military to the Middle East hired Nicholson & Eastin, LLP to reopen the appeal of the revocation of the physician’s Medicare provider number. The Firm established through substantial evidence that the factual basis for Read more →
Posted on Firm News January 24, 2013 by author
A podiatrist represented by Nicholson & Eastin, LLP that was the subject of a health care fraud investigation after a fraud referral from a Medicare fraud contractor was cleared of wrongdoing and the investigation is closed. The podiatrist was also removed from the Medicare prepayment review after Nicholson and Eastin, LLP worked with the physician Read more →