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Motion to Dismiss Retaliation Claim Granted

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Nicholson & Eastin, LLP obtains dismissal of unlawful retaliation claim by summary judgment motion in employment discrimination case.  After establishing that the plaintiff had not met the jurisdictional requirements to bring the claim in court, the court dismissed the claim.  Nicholson & Eastin, LLP attorneys Robert Nicholson and Nicole Kwapisz prepared the successful motion.  The remaining Read more →

Medicare Overpayment Reversed on Appeal

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Following a hearing before a Medicare Administrative Law Judge, Nicholson & Eastin attorney Erin Bengele received a fully favorable decision overturning an overpayment assessment by Medicare against our surgeon client.  Ms. Bengele argued SafeGuard Services, LLC, IntegriGuard, LLC, and the Q2 Administrators improperly interpreted coding criteria as it relates to NCCI edits for a particular set of Read more →

No Indictment in Health Care Fraud Investigation

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Three years after having been identified as a target of a federal grand jury investigation and being told that an indictment on health care fraud charges was imminent, grand jury investigation closes with no charges against the Firm’s client after Nicholson & Eastin, LLP mount aggressive pre-indictment defense. During the pre-indictment grand jury investigation, Robert Read more →

Medicaid Overpayment Successfully Challenged

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An overpayment assessment by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration against a  physical, occupational and speech therapy practice represented by Nicholson & Eastin, LLP was reduced by nearly 60% following a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge.  During the hearing, Nicholson & Eastin, LLP attorney Erin Bengele aggressively attacked the basis for the overpayment, citing multiple Read more →

Medicare Exclusion Action Successfully Defended

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Parker Eastin, Partner at Nicholson & Eastin LLP, persuaded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to close their investigation into and attempts at implementing a Medicare exclusion of a provider following a federal criminal conviction.  Mr. Eastin successfully argued that the conviction was unrelated to the provider’s practice of medicine, and that the criminal conviction was only a Read more →