You Mess With The Bull . . .
An anonymous thinker, lost to history, is credited with having said that the unofficial motto of the IRS is, “We have what it takes to take what you have.”
In some instances,
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Conducting HIPAA Breach Assessments and Disclosures: Requirements and Tips for Success
On Thursday, June 13, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler partner Ashley Algazi will present ”Conducting HIPAA Breach Assessments and Disclosures: Requirements and Tips for Success.” The program will take place…
MA Hospital Pays $24 Million to Settle FCA Case
On May 16, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) for knowingly failing to follow Medicare’s requirements…
Guilty Plea in $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Manishkumar Patel of Pelham Manor, NY recently pleaded guilty in connection with a healthcare fraud and kickback scheme involving the sale of fraudulent prescriptions to pharmacies, durable medical equipment suppliers, and laboratories, which then obtained payments from Medicare. The scheme…
Tax Authorities of the World Unite? Not Quite, But the IRS Joins the Movement to Tax the Rich
By Louis Vlahos
“Let’s make sure if they move, they have nowhere else to go because we’re all taxing them together.”[i]
Around the Globe
Earlier this year, the OECD observed there has been a significant increase in global wealth inequality over the…
Billing for Unsupervised PAs Leads to $2 Million Settlement
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced on May 8 that Michigan Ear Care PLLC and James Aronovitz, D.O. agreed to pay over $2 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the Medicare…
Lab Owner Pleads Guilty in Covid Test Kit Fraud Scheme
Robert Clark of Pompano Beach, Florida recently pleaded guilty to his role in a Medicare fraud scheme. Clark and his co-conspirators purchased Medicare Beneficiary Identification numbers unlawfully and then billed Medicare for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits. The conspirators also paid…
Owner and Medical Director of Pain Clinic Jailed for Urine Drug Testing Scheme
On April 11, the medical director and the owner of a pain clinic in Kentucky were sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud federal healthcare programs and commercial insurance companies for medically unnecessary urine drug testing.…
Partnership Transactions Lacking Economic Substance or Business Purpose: Investor Beware
By Louis Vlahos
Sale, or Contribution-Distribution?
Assume that X and Y agree to the following: X will transfer ownership of Prop to Y, and Y will transfer cash to X.
What just happened? Obviously, X has sold Prop to Y. If the amount…
FTC Issues New Rule to Abolish Non-Compete Agreements
On Tuesday, April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule designed to promote competition and new business formation that, when effective, will impose a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements across all industries.
Existing non-compete agreements for employees…