Health Law Alert by Lamb McErlane attorneys: Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) published, on February 16, 2024, a final version of...
Health Law Alert by Lamb McErlane attorneys: Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Penn State Health (“PSH”) agreed to pay over 11...
On January 18, 2024, Elan Yaish, a former president of a pharmacy business, Apogee Bio-Pharm LLC, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and an ordered restitution of $32 million, for his part in a...
Health Law Alert by Lamb McErlane attorneys: Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. Collaborative practice between healthcare providers has been proven to result in better quality care and health outcomes for patients.[1] It is well known that a...
Chester County Medicine Magazine article by Lamb McErlane attorneys Vasilios (Bill) J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. Background Medical practices are subjected to various state and federal laws and regulations, whether related to business formation, licensure, general compliance or...
November 27, 2023, Legal Intelligencer article by Lamb McErlane Health Law attorneys Vasilios J. (Bill) Kalogredis and Sonal Parekh. The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 23-07 (opinion) on Oct. 10 regarding a “requestor’s” proposal to...
Health Law alert by Lamb McErlane PC attorneys Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. The U.S. government regularly investigates and addresses healthcare fraud pursuant to the False Claims Act (“FCA”). The majority of FCA cases are resolved through...
Health Law alert by Lamb McErlane PC attorneys Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. On September 29, 2023, the Cigna Group (“Cigna”) agreed to pay $172,294,350 (“Settlement Amount”) to resolve allegations that it violated the civil False Claims...
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a favorable Advisory Opinion No. 23-07 (“Opinion”) vis-à-vis a bonus incentive plan for employed physicians (the “Proposed Arrangement”) and whether it would trigger liability under the Federal...
Health Law Alert by Lamb McErlane PC attorneys Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a second temporary rule extending the current telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2024....
October 2023 Legal Intelligencer article by Lamb McErlane Health Law attorneys Vasilios J. (Bill) Kalogredis and Sonal Parekh. The HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion No. 23-05 (“Opinion”) on August 15, 2023 regarding a proposed arrangement in which...
By: Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. and Sonal Parekh, Esq. On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, a Texas-based Dermatology Management Company, Oliver Street Dermatology Management LLC d/b/a U.S. Dermatology Partners (“USDP”) agreed to pay the U.S. government approximately $8.9 million, including $5.9...