Prosecutors Push to Keep Florida TeleMedicine Suspect in Jail for $424 Million Fraud Scheme
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 19, 2020, federal prosecutors in New Jersey federal court pushed to keep a suspect involved in a $424 million telemedicine scheme in jail. Authorities called him an “unrepentant conman” who carried out one of the largest […]
Florida Prosecutors Want Telehealth Suspect to Remain in Jail For $424 Million Fraud Scheme
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 19, 2020, federal prosecutors in New Jersey federal court pushed to keep a suspect involved in a $424 million telemedicine scheme in jail. Authorities called him an “unrepentant conman” who carried out one of the largest […]
Prosecutors Push To Keep Florida Telehealth Fraud Suspect in Jail for $424 Million Scheme
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 19, 2020, federal prosecutors in New Jersey federal court pushed to keep a suspect involved in a $424 million telemedicine scheme in jail. Authorities called him an “unrepentant conman” who carried out one of the largest […]
Telemedicine Company Owners Charged in $56 Million Kickback Scheme
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 5, 2020, the owners of two telemedicine companies were charged in New Jersey federal court with defrauding Medicare in an alleged $56 million telehealth scheme involving orthotic braces. Some of the fraud alleged to have occurred […]
Telemedicine and Telehealth Authorized by Law in Florida in 2019
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Among the major events in health law in 2019, Florida passed a comprehensive act approving telemedicine and telehealth. Telehealth in Florida, Who and What Are Included and Excluded. Florida’s Telehealth Act became effective on July 1, 2019. It […]