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
What to do in a Tricare Audit?
Oberheiden, P.C. healthcare-fraud-defense.com Direct: 888-680-1745 Including Weekends The federal government has dramatically increased the number of investigations against Tricare healthcare providers. The Tricare Pharmacy Program is administered by Express Scripts. Many Tricare providers such as physicians, pharmacies, compound pharmacies, and toxicology groups affected by these audits are confronted with an...
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What Are Federal Crimes?
Oberheiden, P.C. Direct: 888-680-1745 The question whether a crime is federal or subject to state jurisdiction is not always easy to answer. The following is a brief, but by no means complete overview of offense categories that are subject to federal law and that are therefore prosecuted by federal and...
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Tricare, Medicare & DOL Referrals: Should Marketers Receive Commissions For Federal Business?
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.healthcare-fraud-defense.com Direct: 888-680-1745 A recurring question in structuring healthcare marketing arrangements is whether a marketer should be paid commissions for bringing in federally funded business such as Medicare, Medicaid, Department of Labor, or Tricare referrals. The answer depends on a number of factors. Of particular importance...
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The Pitfalls of Telemedicine
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.healthcare-fraud-defense.com 888-680-1745 Including Weekends Our firm represents healthcare providers from across the United States that find themselves in the middle of a federal investigation due to their telemedicine practice. The following is a brief summary of the risks associated with telehealth and telemedicine for practicing physicians....
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Compound Pharmacy Investigations: Questions You Should Ask Your Attorney
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.healthcare-fraud-defense.com Direct: 888-680-1745 Just like patients with acute chest pain should not go to a dentist for treatment, so should physicians and business executives not consult with just any lawyer when they find themselves in the middle of a federal healthcare investigation. What Is a Federal...
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Defending Clients in Telemedicine Fraud Investigations
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.healthcare-fraud-defense.com 888-680-1745 Call us on Weekends The following summary provides an account of cases in which the attorneys of Oberheiden, P.C. were engaged to defend physicians and other healthcare providers against telemedicine investigations. The Situation Telemedicine and telehealth services have become a popular tool to...
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What Compound Pharmacies Should Do In A DOL Or Tricare Investigation
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.healthcare-fraud-defense.com 888-680-1745 Open on Weekends Almost no week goes by without publication of a new investigation against compound pharmacies. The focus of these investigations is the relationship between pharmacy executives, physicians, and marketing groups with respect to referrals of federally funded patients; in particular, the investigations...
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Federal Pharmacy Investigations At All-Time High
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.healthcare-fraud-defense.com 888-680-1745 Call Us on Weekends As we have been advising our clients over the past years, federal agencies are demonstrating heightened and increasingly penetrative investigations into compound pharmacies. In particular, the Department of Defense has stepped up its investigation into such pharmacies and their...
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What Are The Medicare Telemedicine Rules?
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. healthcare-fraud-defense.com 888-680-1745 Call us on Weekends An increasing number of clients approach the attorneys of Oberheiden, P.C. because they were notified by authorities that they are under investigation for their telemedicine and telehealth practice—providing our case involvement and experience from San Francisco to Miami and from...
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Picking The Right Attorney To Defend Hospice Care Investigations
Dr. Nick Oberheiden, Esq. www.healthcare-fraud-defense.com 888-680-1745 Call Us on Weekends Introduction Hospice care investigations are conducted by the local U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The government’s goal in a hospice care...
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