Nicholas B. Johnson
Former Prosecutor
Lynette Byrd
Former Assistant
U.S. Attorney
John Sellers
Former DOJ
U.S. Attorney
Linda Julin McNamara
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Dr. Nick Oberheiden
Attorney & Founder
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 Healthcare Fraud Case?
Recently, Federal Authorities have been Relying on a New Tactic to Target Healthcare Providers and Other Individuals and Organizations Accused of Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and Department of Labor (DOL) Fraud: Civil or Criminal Asset Forfeiture. As if healthcare providers and medical companies didn’t have enough to worry about. Although fraud...
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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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Criminal Prosecutions of Psychiatrists
Benefit from Attorney Dr. Nick Oberheiden's Immense Healthcare Law Defense Experience: Hundreds of Audits and Federal Criminal Cases Against Doctors Resolved with No Charges: 888-680-1745 Dr. Nick Oberheiden is a federal criminal defense attorney routinely chosen by medical providers and business owners to avoid or defend against healthcare fraud allegations....
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What Physicians Need to Know About Lack of “Medical Necessity” Prosecutions
OIG, FBI, and DEA Agents Are Targeting Pharmacies—Your Pharmacy May Be Next Pharmacy owners have long heard of the raids, prosecutions, and indictments that occurred in the context of Tricare compound pharmacy investigations. Indeed, the years of 2016 and 2017 have seen a major enforcement action against those physicians, marketers,...
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What Kinds of Billing and Coding Errors Constitute Healthcare Fraud?
What are the consequences if you or your billing administrator commits a billing or coding error that results in an unjustified payment from Medicare, Medicaid, or Tricare? While you might assume that this type of honest mistake could be remedied fairly easily, in today's world of aggressive healthcare fraud enforcement,...
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