Subject: Just Say “No” to Healthcare System Employment
Just Say “No” to Healthcare System Employment
February 21st, 2025 at 6:30 am EDTFebruary 21, 2025 Dear Friend, It’s time to say no to systems thinking. Healthcare systems, that is. That was the subject of Monday's blog post, First, Let’s Kill All the Healthcare Systems. You ...
Billion Dollar Healthcare Fraudsters
February 14th, 2025 at 6:30 am EDTFebruary 14, 2025 Dear Friend, Broke and facing prison, wound graft fraudsters now have skin in the game. That was the subject of Monday's blog post, How to Almost Make Half a Billion Dollars: The Ar ...
Prescription Form Triggers False Claims Act Settlement
February 7th, 2025 at 6:07 am EDTFebruary 7, 2025 Dear Friend, Can inducement to use a form that makes it easier to refer be a kickback? That was the subject of Monday's blog post, Nudge Triggers a $17 Million False Claims Act Settl ...
A $60 Million Due Diligence Lesson From Pfizer and Biohaven
January 31st, 2025 at 6:30 am EDTJanuary 31, 2025 Dear Friend, Buying a healthcare business, from a medical practice to a medicine manufacturer, is a lot like buying a house—you hope for the best, but sometimes, there’s wood rot ...
Important Corporate Transparency Act Update!!
January 24th, 2025 at 12:55 pm EDTJanuary 24, 2025 LATEST UPDATE ON THE CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT NIGHTMARE On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay a nationwide injunction issued by a fe ...
End of the Line for Whistleblowers?
January 24th, 2025 at 6:01 am EDTJanuary 24, 2025 Dear Friend, Is the False Claims Act’s whistleblower provision illegal? The judge in Zafirov said “yes.” But now the government says “no.” Who’s right? Will ‘blowers be ...
Aetna Sues Radiology Partners – The Danger of Pass-Through Billing
January 17th, 2025 at 6:00 am EDTJanuary 17, 2025 Dear Friend, Payor rate arbitrage. That was the subject of Monday's blog post, Aetna Health v. Radiology Partners and the Danger of Pass-Through Billing. You can follow the link to re ...
The Crisis Caused By the Lack of Crisis Planning.
January 10th, 2025 at 6:19 am EDTJanuary 10, 2025 Dear Friend, Crisis /krī′sĭs/ an extremely difficult, unstable or dangerous point in a situation. That was the subject of Monday's blog post, The Crisis Caused By the Lack of Cri ...
Lesson from McKinsey -- Avoiding Consultants from Hell
January 3rd, 2025 at 11:22 am EDTJanuary 3, 2025 Dear Friend, Are you sure those consultants are helping to improve your business? Or are they potentially sending you to jail? That was the subject of Monday's blog post, Lesson from M ...
Special Update: CTA Enforcement Again Enjoined
January 2nd, 2025 at 12:31 pm EDTJanuary 2, 2025Dear Friend, Subsequent to last week’s Alert, a different panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating the Court’s December 23, 2024, order granting a stay of the p ...