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Daily Business Review

Tenet Defeats Medicare Advantage Class Action Alleging Overpayments

Plaintiffs seek to recoup billions in payments under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Health Care Providers to Pay $3.2M to Settle Kickback Allegations in Whistleblower Case

A group of orthopedic and anesthesia providers in Newnan, Georgia, has agreed to pay $3.2 million to the United States to settle civil allegations that they engaged in an unlawful kickback scheme, federal prosecutors in Atlanta announced.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Greenberg Traurig Team Closes $120M Pavonia Insurance Purchase

An affiliate of Global Bankers Insurance Group buys Pavonia Holdings (US) Inc. with help from the Fort Lauderdale legal team.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Health Care Fraud Recovery Dips to $2.6B, Federal Report Shows

Federal agencies recovered more than $2.6 billion in health care fraud and abuse judgments, settlements and impositions in 2017, according to a new annual report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Class Action Targets CIBA Insurance as 'Ponzi Scheme'

One of nine filing attorneys for the putative class action, Coral Gables lawyer Adam Moskowitz, said CIBA Insurance "has been able to skirt the insurance regulators, so there are no regulators checking their books every month."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiffs Lawyer, Clients Sanctioned for 'Consistent Course of Evasive Conduct'

The judge said the plaintiffs and their attorney failed to comply with two court orders requiring their attendance at depositions, needlessly dragging out the case for years and prejudicing the defense.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Medical Malpractice

In the Legal's Medical Malpractice supplement, read about attorney privilege in med mal cases, an EMR audit trail and arbitration agreements in nursing home cases.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Privilege in Medical Malpractice Cases: How Far Can It Reach?

Throughout the course of medical malpractice cases, depositions are a key component of the process of discovery. In these cases, it is common practice for defense counsel to seek the depositions of family members of named plaintiffs.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Ask MDL Panel to Transfer Federal Flood Lawsuits to South Florida

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders typically file thousands of claims after a major hurricane.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hoppin' Down the EMR Audit Trail

The recent discovery trend in medical malpractice litigation is to not only request a copy of the patient's medical record, but to also request the defendant's electronic medical record (EMR) "audit trail," which can show a true history of the chart entries including the identity of persons who have reviewed its information.
8 minute read

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