Amanda S. Marshall
Former U.S. Attorney
(Local Counsel)
Lynette Byrd
Former Assistant
U.S. Attorney
Roger Bach
Former Special
Agent
(OIG & DEA)
Joe Brown
Former U.S. Attorney
Dr. Nick Oberheiden
Attorney & Founder
Medical Billing Fraud Allegations Related to Sleep Apnea Implant Therapy
It has been more than 15 years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved implant therapy as an alternative to continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) machines for the treatment of sleep apnea. Over the past decade and a half, this implant therapy, or implantable treatment, for sleep...
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What are the Penalties for Healthcare Fraud Under Federal Law?
Healthcare fraud is a federal offense that carries substantial civil and criminal penalties. Doctors, business owners, and others accused of healthcare fraud must engage experienced federal defense counsel in order to avoid practice-threatening consequences. Today, all healthcare providers are at risk for being targeted in federal investigations. Many non-providers are...
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Healthcare Fraud Involving Home Sleep Studies: What Do California Doctors and Service Providers Need to Know?
A recent trend in healthcare fraud enforcement involves private insurers and the federal government targeting doctors who recommend patients for home sleep studies (HSS) and HSS service providers. Currently, the insurance companies and federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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What Should I Do in a CGX Investigation?
Oberheiden P.C. Has Defended Business Owners Across the United States Including Miami, Houston, Dallas, New York, Newark/NJ, Philadelphia, Detroit, Ohio, New Orleans, Pacific North West The FBI currently investigates business owners of laboratories, billing companies, distributorships, lead generators, and telemedicine companies for alleged Medicare Fraud in connection with PGX and...
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What Dentists Need to Know About Medicaid Fraud & DentQuest Audits
Oberheiden P.C. Represents Dentists and Oral Surgeons in DentaQuest Audits and Investigations Is DentaQuest auditing you? Did you get a letter from CMS requesting patient files? Are you a defendant in a whistleblower lawsuit or criminal case? Did fraud investigators stop by at your practice? Are you worried that the...
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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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