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First, a large settlement ($48 million) from a nursing home operator on allegations that they non-necessary services and services not rendered. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office: The Ensign Group operated skilled nursing facilities that allegedly submitted false claims to Medicare. Between January 1, 1999, and August 31, 2011, the ...
I forgot to mention a funny moment from the Workers Comp SB 863 hearing in front of Judge Wu. Counsel for the plaintiffs was arguing that the exempt entities are big lien claimants and he waved around a print-out showing the largest lien claimants in the state. Judge Wu asked ...
According to the Dallas Morning News: A former Texas prosecutor charged over a wrongful murder conviction agreed to a 10-day jail sentence Friday, accepting the punishment in front of the innocent man he helped put in prison for nearly 25 years. Ken Anderson also will be disbarred and must serve ...
On November 4, Central District of California Judge George Wu indicated that he is inclined to enjoin the workers compensation lien activation fee contained in California’s SB 863. At that hearing, which was held in a standing-room-only courtroom, he indicated that he was inclined to reject the plaintiffs’ constitutional Taking ...
Walgreens Pharmacy has implemented a new store model called Walgreens Well Experience. According to the company, one aspect of the model is to have “pharmacists out front:”
Following up on my other post, here, today’s New York Times reports: Among the provisions in the bill, pushed by Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, was one that is central to the new F.D.A. recommendations: reducing to 90 days the length of time in which a patient ...
Hydrocodone products such as Vicodin are some of the most popular pain medications available. They are also some of the most abused. On October 24, 2013, the FDA issued a statement of its intention to advise that Department of Health and Human Services reclassify these products to a stricter schedule ...
Physician-owned distributorships, known as “POD’s,” are a hot area of discussion right now. The focus has been on arrangements by which spine surgeons have some kind of ownership share in companies that design, manufacture, or distribute implants that the surgeon/owners use in their surgeries. Since the surgeon/owner is entitled to ...
Bird Marella Principal Sharon Ben-Shahar was installed as the 2013-2014 President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Throughout the year the FBA-Los Angeles hosts educational programs and social functions to advance federal jurisprudence and provide a networking forum for its members. Bird Marella Principal Gary S. Lincenberg ...
Bird Marella is pleased to announce that one of its founding partners, former Senior District Judge A. Howard Matz, will rejoin the firm after a 15-year tenure on the United States District Court in the Central District of California. Matz press release.
