Attorneys for a Texas physician convicted in January in a $325 million health care fraud scheme requested this month for an earlier sentencing date for Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada. A jury found the disgraced physician guilty of seven counts of health care fraud and one...
When it comes time for your initial nursing license application or renewal, you will be asked questions about your criminal history. These questions are not unique to the nursing profession. Many people with professional licenses go through a similar process.The...
For years, health care facilities throughout the nation’s college campuses have treated students for numerous illnesses and injuries. And for years, many of these students and their families have complained about them.Increasingly, student health care facilities...
For years, you led a double life, and no one knew about it. Not even your spouse. As a well-respected physician, you helped people, did your best to solve their health problems and guided them through their most challenging journeys. But you also had a substance abuse...
Our nation’s health care system has grown more complicated. And with these complexities come increased chances for illegal and negligent activity within health care organizations. With this in mind, health care providers must take it upon themselves to prevent...
In a perfect world, sick people would get the help they need, and no one would have to worry about the cost. The reality is, health care is a business. Like any business, a health care provider should expect reimbursement for providing their services.There’s...
In a Medicaid fraud case that has lasted for more than a decade, disgraced Dallas dentist Richard Malouf must pay Texas an estimated $12 million. In a major government rip-off, Malouf fraudulently billed Medicaid for dental services that were provided by another...
Health care professionals have always been in high demand, but even more so during the current COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the world. But even in times like these, some doctors and nurses face disciplinary actions that could lead to professional sanctions,...
The Code of Ethics that many medical professionals adhere to covers a wide range of issues. They require medical professionals to provide the best possible care to every patient, be professional and protect a patient’s privacy.Parts of this code also became...
A Massachusetts hospital recently settled a federal lawsuit over allegations that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary tests.But to many, tests like these may seem easy to order accidentally or without knowing they could be medically unnecessary....
