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Billing
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Med Law Blog
2014 OIG Work Plan: Questionable Billing Patterns for Part B Services During Nursing Home Stays
The 2014 OIG Work Plan includes the following: Billing and Payments. We will identify questionable billing patterns associated with nursing homes and Medicare providers for Part B services provided to…
Legal Profession Blog
Plumbing The Depths Of Misconduct
An attorney who was sued over a bill for plumbing services failed to advise opposing counsel of his change of address.He nonetheless contended in the litigation that opposing counsel had…
Nursing Home Law Blog
Florida Attorney General Pursues Billing Fraud
In yet another chilling example of wasting taxpayer dollars and jeopardizing vulnerable nursing home residents, a Florida based owner has allegedly bilked public funds to line his own pockets.
Legal Profession Blog
Fee Change, Overcharge, Leads To Reprimand
The Indiana Suprene Court has imposed an agreed-upon public reprimand in a matter involving billing misconduct.The attorney filed suit in federal court on behalf of a client against several defendants.…
Legal Profession Blog
Reprimand Imposed After 50 Years Of Practice
A former in-house counsel to the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation has been publicly reprimanded by the Ohio Supreme Court.The attorney was admitted in 1961 and is now in solo practice.…
Legal Ease Blog
Cloud Based Practice Management Gets a Finance Upgrade
Earlier this week, two cloud-based practice management programs announced integration with other programs and features to help law firms with their financial management. MyCase Integrates with Quickbooks Many law firm…
Health Care Law Matters
What Do Your Coding Statistics Say About You?
One of the ways the Medicare program and other payer plans are recovering overpayments and identifying billing fraud is through the regular use of data mining. Simply put, by utilizing…
Legal Profession Blog
Reconstruction Of Records Results In Overbilling Time
An attorney who was working through a placement agency failed to keeo required contemporaneous records of his time for billing purposes. His after-the-fact attempts to reconstruct his time resulted in…
Legal Ease Blog
Law Firm Profitability: Can It Be Measured By Hours?
I recently had a conversation with one of my clients, a law firm managing partner, about profitability. He had attended a seminar put on by a management consultant who talked…
Legal Profession Blog
The Ride Not Taken
The Illinois Administrator has filed ethics charges against a former Sidley Austin LLP partner:1. Between 2007 and 2012, Respondent was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, based in the firm’s…