Attorney Andrew S Feldman Discusses Health Care Fraud and Abuse Laws at Annual Osteopathic Winter Seminar
Recently, health care fraud and abuse defense attorney Andrew S. Feldman was honored as a speaker at the Annual Osteopathic Winter Seminar sponsored by the Pinellas County Medical Society in Clearwater Beach, Florida. During the presentation, Mr. Feldman discussed federal and Florida laws impacting health care providers. More specifically, Mr. Feldman spoke to the 400 attendee physicians and doctors of osteopathy about medical ethics emphasizing the Florida and federal fraud and abuse laws including Stark, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act, the Florida Patient Self-Referrral Act, the Florida Patient Brokering statute, and the health care fraud statute which all impact physician practices. Mr. Feldman used a variety of hypothetical situations during the presentation to demonstrate the intersection between ethical pitfalls and fraud and abuse laws affecting physician practices in Florida and nationwide. Attendees at the conference were able to interact with the speaker, Mr. Feldman, and to provide their comments regarding the hypothetical scenarios. Following the presentation, attendees were also eager to address some of the hypothetical examples raised during the presentation.
The three day Winter conference was attended by physicians statewide.
Health care fraud attorney, Mr. Feldman, is a frequent speaker on health care fraud and abuse issues and represents physicians, pharmacists, pharmacies, home health agencies, managers of assisted living facilities, and sales and marketing professionals in matters involving allegations of health care fraud and abuse, violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, pharmacy practice violations, and violations impacting compounding pharmacies.
If you are a doctor or a pharmacy under investigation, it is critical that you retain adequate and competent counsel.
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