Clear, expert guidance on protecting against charges of health care fraud and abuse.
Defending and Preventing Health Care Fraud Cases: An Attorney’s Guide thoroughly explains how to prevent charges of and defend against criminal, civil and administrative health care fraud. It examines and discusses key statutes and regulations as well as cases concerning such areas as the Anti-Kickback Act, HIPAA, Stark, False Claims Act, and managed care compliance.
Equally important, the Guide provides a reliable means for monitoring the changing aspects of health care fraud enforcement, offering practical, real-world information to help attorneys not only protect their clients, but themselves as well. It offers guidance on how to create winning defense strategies, including identification of both successful and unsuccessful defenses, in government investigations of fraud and abuse.
The online Defending and Preventing Health Care Fraud Cases: An Attorney’s Guide covers:
- Criminal Statutes and Defenses
- Civil Enforcement Statutes and Defenses
- Administrative Sanctions and Defenses
- The Stark Statute and Regulations Prohibiting Physician Self Referrals
- Preventing Compliance Problems
The Guide is designed specifically for:
- Criminal defense attorneys
- Attorneys specializing in health care law, particularly Medicare reimbursement, fraud and abuse or compliance issues
- In-house counsel for large to mid-size health care corporations
- Prosecutors and criminal investigators who want to know what issues defense counsel may raise
Part of the Health Law & Compliance Integrated Library, Defending & Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse Cases: An Attorney’s Guide links to the primary source material in the CCH Health Care Compliance Reporter. The Library combines the latest information regarding Health Law from CCH and Aspen Publishers.