HortySpringer Health Law Expressions
Check out Health Law Expressions -- our podcast channel, in which HortySpringer attorneys give their take on cutting edge developments in health law in 20 minutes or less, and have some fun while doing so. You give us 20 minutes, we’ll give you the law.
Episodes
58 episodes
“But For” Keeps Coming Back for More
HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar review how the “But For” test is changing the landscape of false claims cases brought in qui tam lawsuits. Listen now to this episode of The Kickback Chronicles to see what you can learn f...
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12:29
How the One Purpose Test Can Turn a Free Meal into a Violation of the AKS
On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar dive into a case of alleged bribery to induce providers to prescribe a specific pharmaceutical drug that resulted in a new test for Anti-Kickback claims in the Seco...
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16:54
It’s Beginning to Look at Lot Like A Dangerous Physician
In this episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar change gears and discuss how a surgery center could have prevented disaster with its credentialing and peer review processes.
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24:35
Election Year Update – IRS Rules on Political Activity by Nonprofits
Unless you have been in a coma or hiding in the Witness Protection Program, you probably are aware that there is an election coming up in a few weeks. It is our right as Americans to vote and participate in the political process. But nonprofit ...
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23:09
Patient Safety Organizations – New Court Case Provides New Opportunities
Exciting news for those in the PSO world! The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion (In re Baycare Medical Group, 101 F.4th 1287 (11th Cir. 2024)) on May 14, 2024 that expands the scope of informatio...
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14:25
Fraud Runs In The Family
HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar take a look at three clinics in rural Alabama to see how a physician’s disregard of warnings that her clinics were committing fraud led to the fall of the clinics, the physician, and the p...
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26:07
The Triple Crown of Fraud
On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar dive into the case of a seasoned professional who found himself in the middle of not one, not two, but three different fraudulent healthcare schemes. Listen now to ...
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18:41
While You Were Sleeping: CMS Revises Guidelines on Informed Consent for Sensitive Examinations
It has been a longstanding practice within Hospitals across the U.S. for medical students and other practitioners-in-training to perform pelvic and other sensitive examinations on patients, most of whom are under anesthesia, without their expli...
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15:01
Urine Trouble Too
On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar take a look at how some not-so-routine drug testing landed two providers in hot water. Listen now to this episode of the “Kickback Chronicles” to see what you can l...
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15:52
Gun Jumping - Don’t Act Like You’re Merged Until You Are!
When hospitals and health systems are pursuing a merger or affiliation, there is a natural tendency to move things along quickly. While it is ok to conduct due diligence, explore potential efficiencies and plan for what might be possible if the...
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Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar turn their attention to a small town in Tennessee to look at a provider that helped exacerbate the opioid crisis in his community for fame and fortune.
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17:06
Bigger (and Broader) is Better When It Comes to Releases
Two recent lawsuits decided by Utah courts draw attention to the importance of strong, broad release language protecting physician leaders who volunteer to participate in credentialing, peer review, and other medical staff activities. In both c...
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8:43
Blood From a Stone
On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar take their first look at for-profit hospitals to discuss a unique case involving a hospital, its investors, and an attempt to avoid repaying Medicare. ...
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17:49
Don’t Talk With Your Thumbs!
CMS recently clarified that physicians can give orders via test in hospitals and critical access hospitals. But the texts have to be through a secure system, and computerized physician order entry is still preferred. Join HortySpringer at...
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9:34
Hometown Heroes
On this episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar take a look at cases happening in their own backyard to show that healthcare fraud can happen anywhere. Listen now to this episode of the “Kickback Chronicles...
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21:35
New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Office of Inspector General recently published its General Compliance Program Guidance. The GCPG is a reference guide for the health care compliance community and other health care stakeholders. It is chock-full of information about relevan...
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The Kickback Chronicles: Where Are They Now?
On this week’s episode of The Kickback Chronicles, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar look back at cases they have discussed over the last year to see where the defendants are today, what sentences they actually received, a...
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19:15
Fraud Will Cost You Your Yellow Submarine
On this week’s episode of The Kickback Chronicles, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar discuss a series of fraudulent schemes that spanned the West Coast. They take a deeper dive into how “one of the nation’s busiest” physic...
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25:29
Don’t Get Burnout from Your Wellness Program: The New Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Wellness Programs
In the Congressional Appropriations Act passed in December 2022, Congress adopted a new Stark exception and Anti-Kickback safe harbor for wellness programs for physicians and other clinicians. Specifically, the new law provides that counseling,...
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18:58
Fox in the Hen House a/k/a Compliance Officer Goes Rogue
The Kickback Chronicles, Episode 18On this week’s episode, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar discuss what happens when a Chief Compliance Officer stops performing in accordance with his job description and instead ...
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12:32
What You Know Will Hurt You
The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that in order to violate the False Claims Act, a defendant’s knowledge and subjective beliefs matter—not to what an objectively reasonable person may have known or believed. That case – U.S. ex r...
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21:47
Testing Positive for Fraud
The Kickback Chronicles, Episode 17On this week’s episode of The Kickback Chronicles, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar examine a pharmacogenetic testing scheme spanning several states and take a closer look ...
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12:14
Catch Me If You Can—Health Care Edition
The Kickback Chronicles, Episode 16On this week’s episode of The Kickback Chronicles, HortySpringer attorneys Henry Casale and Hala Mouzaffar examine one of their favorite archetypes: the repeat offender. They examine how a former...
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