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Case to proceed against clinic for alleged false billing
From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.A federal court in Texas has ruled that a complaint against a eye clinic sufficiently alleged fraudulent Medicare billing for tonography tests — when only tests were performed. In particular, a whistleblower filed a case under the False Claims Act in February 2012 against Outreach Diagnostic Clinic and Outreach Eyecare, along with the owner and medical director, alleging (Read more...)