Dr. Nick Oberheiden
Founder
Hamilton Arendsen
Former DOJ
Trial Deputy Chief
Aaron Wiley
Former
Federal Prosecutor
S. Amanda Marshall
Former U.S. Attorney
Lynette Byrd
Former Assistant
U.S. Attorney
Health Care Fraud Involving Home Sleep Studies: What Do California Doctors and Service Providers Need to Know?
A recent trend in health care fraud enforcement involves private insurers and the federal government targeting doctors who recommend patients for home sleep studies (HSS) and HSS service providers. Currently, the insurance companies and federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and...
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What Should I Do in a CGX Investigation?
Oberheiden P.C. Has Defended Business Owners Across the United States Including Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, New York, Newark/NJ, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Diego, Ohio, New Orleans, Pacific North West The FBI currently investigates business owners of laboratories, billing companies, distributorships, lead generators, and telemedicine companies for alleged Medicare Fraud in...
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What Dentists Need to Know About Medicaid Fraud
Oberheiden P.C. Represents Dentists and Oral Surgeons in Audits and Investigations Is DentaQuest auditing you? Did you get a letter from CMS requesting patient files? Are you a defendant in a whistleblower lawsuit or criminal case? Did fraud investigators stop by at your practice? Are you worried that the Medicaid...
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How Doctors Get in Trouble for Healthcare Billing Fraud
Don’t Risk Your License. Get the Help of Former DOJ Attorneys at Oberheiden P.C. Obviously, no doctor handles his own billing. Nonetheless, how is it possible that dozens of physicians, psychiatrists, and dentists have been convicted of healthcare billing fraud in the last two years alone? More so, providers across...
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What Is Healthcare Billing Compliance?
Healthcare Attorneys and Billing Experts Assist with Medical Billing and Coding Questions Of the many ways someone can get into trouble in the healthcare space, incorrect billing and coding are definitely on the top of the list. After all, all the efforts of a physician or business owner to be...
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25 Key Facts about Federal Drug Diversion Investigations
Facing a federal drug diversion investigation is an extremely serious matter. If you have received a target letter or subpoena, or if any employee of your business or practice has been contacted by a federal agent, here are 25 key facts you need to know: 1. Combatting Drug Diversion (and...
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Podiatrists are Being Investigated for Billing Fraud in Connection with Grafts and Other Wound Treatment Procedures
As a podiatrist, you know that promptly treating a patient’s wounds can be critical to mitigating the risk of infection and other potentially-debilitating complications. However, you likely also know that obtaining authorization for these treatments and the skin substitutes used during these treatments can be extremely challenging. Obtaining authorization can...
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With Questcor Pharmaceuticals and Mallinckrodt Facing Prosecution for Medicare Fraud, the Doctors Who Prescribed H.P. Acthar Gel May Be Next
When the news broke of a 97,000% price hike for a medication used to treat infantile spasms, a rare form of epilepsy, in 2018, almost no one knew that the drug’s manufacturer was already being targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). While the news media published heart-wrenching stories...
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Can the Government Take My Money in a Health Care Fraud Case?
Recently, Federal Authorities have been Relying on a New Tactic to Target Health Care Providers and Other Individuals and Organizations Accused of Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and Department of Labor (DOL) Fraud: Civil or Criminal Asset Forfeiture. As if health care providers and medical companies didn’t have enough to worry about....
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How Do I Protect My Assets in Healthcare Investigations?
Imagine you wake up one morning and discover that all of your personal and business accounts have been either taken or frozen by the federal government. Imagine the government emptying out all of your savings, including your 401(k) and other investment and retirement funds. Imagine your house being taken despite...
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