New Trends in Detroit Hospice Investigations?
Oberheiden, P.C. Former Medicare Prosecutors & Defense Counsel Dr. Nick Oberheiden is one of the country's most demanded media legal experts. He is frequently featured and interviewed by national and Michigan media stations to comment on federal law and the federal judiciary process. Most recently, Dr. Oberheiden appeared on the...
Read morePicking The Right Attorney To Defend Hospice Care Investigations
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.federal-lawyer.com 888-680-1745 Call Us on Weekends Introduction Hospice care investigations are conducted by the local U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The government’s goal in a hospice care...
Read more10 Things To Do When You Are Under Healthcare Fraud Investigation
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.federal-lawyer.com 888-680-1745 Call Us on Weekends Finding out that you are under a federal criminal investigation and accused of healthcare fraud can be extremely frightening. However, there are things you can do from the very beginning of the case to have a positive effect on its...
Read moreWhat is Hospice Care Fraud?
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.federal-lawyer.com 888-680-1745 Call Us on Weekends Recent newspaper articles have begun to feature hospice care prosecutions. According to these press releases and media publications, a rapidly increasing number of hospice care providers and business owners have become targets of federal healthcare fraud prosecutions. The purpose of...
Read moreDefending Clients Against Grand Jury Subpeonas In Healthcare Cases
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.federal-lawyer.com 888-680-1745 Call Us on Weekends Generally speaking, healthcare fraud is prosecuted by prosecutors from the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Department of Defense, in combination with investigating agents from the FBI and the Office...
Read moreWhen Is Healthcare Fraud Criminal?
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.federal-lawyer.com 888-680-1745 Call Us on Weekends A question of critical importance in every healthcare investigation is whether the case can be resolved civilly, i.e. without recourse to criminal prosecution. Often, the determination as to whether a case is civil or criminal is unclear at the...
Read moreFederal Prosecutions for Hospice-Related Healthcare Fraud Are on the Rise
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.federal-lawyer.com 888-680-1745 Including Weekends In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), has increasingly focused its attention on investigating and prosecuting hospice owners and employees who are suspected of healthcare fraud. Federal prosecutors across the...
Read moreAvoiding Criminal Charges in Hospice Fraud Investigations
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.federal-lawyer.com (214)-692-2171 Including Weekends What is Hospice Fraud? Several branches of the government have begun to scrutinize the practice of hospice care centers and its compliance with Medicare rules, certification procedures, and billing policies. The attorneys of Oberheiden, P.C. have been involved in a number...
Read moreHospice Care Fraud Defense
Dr. Nick Oberheiden (Managing Partner) Oberheiden, P.C. More than half of all Medicare patients who die do so while they are a hospice patient. It is little surprise, then, that the federal government is cracking down on perceived Medicare fraud relating to hospices. In fact, since 2006, the federal government has...
Read moreA New Trend in Healthcare Enforcement: Hospice Fraud
Dr. Nick Oberheiden (Managing Partner) Direct: 888-680-1745 Hospice fraud investigations are on the rise. The Department of Justice, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and other state and federal agencies have...
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