The Health Law Firm Blog

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law

Deputy U.S. Attorney General (DAG), Lisa Monaco, announced during her keynote speech at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime that the Department of Justice would be implementing a new whistleblower rewards program. According to Ms. Monaco, this new rewards program is inspired by traditional law enforcement incentives, along with “Wanted” posters, just like in our history of the “wild-west.”

DAG Monaco explained that any individual who aids the DOJ in discovering “significant corporate or […]

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law and Hartley Brooks, Law Clerk, The Health Law Firm

My firm has recently seen a significant increase in the number of investigations opened by state licensing boards over videos and even still photographs posted on social media or shared in chat rooms and listservs.

Unless you have a full-time public relations specialist who is also familiar with the rules, regulations, and laws governing your profession (and I am pretty sure you don’t), my advice is to stay off it.

Recent Cases Resulting In Investigations.

Here are a few of our […]

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law

On November 17, 2023, three Florida men were sentenced to prison for their roles in a prescription drug scheme in which they paid and received bribes and kickbacks. They were each charged in an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay or receive health care kickbacks.

The Florida Men Involved.

One of the men involved in the scheme, James Wesley Moss, was the CEO and part-owner of the pharmacy involved in the alleged fraud. David Byron Copeland was the […]