What is Medicaid? Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for some people with limited income and resources. What is Georgia Medicaid? Medicaid is a “medical assistance program that helps many people who cannot afford medical care pay for some or all of their medical bills. Medicaid is administered…
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On June 13, 2024, two health care executives of Done Global Inc were indicted for health care fraud related charges. The indictment alleges that the two participated in a scheme to distribute Adderall over the internet, conspire to commit health care fraud in connection with the submission of false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement for…
Continue reading ›By: Onisuru Ojegba, Legal Intern to Firm J.D. Candidate, Class of 2025 The George Washington University Law School Health care fraud consists of an individual, a group of people, or a company knowingly misrepresenting the type, scope, or nature of the medical treatment or service provided, for the purpose of making illicit profits or benefits.…
Continue reading ›By: Onisuru Ojegba Legal Intern to the firm Insurance fraud consists of crimes where an individual consumer or insurance company, agent, or adjuster commits deliberate deception to obtain illicit profits or benefits. While the classification of insurance fraud is broad and consists of many different variations, including health care fraud, life insurance fraud, and unemployment…
Continue reading ›Meg Strickler recently signed up for some new adverting with Avvo So, after filling out all of these various things for the Avvo profile, we decided to ask some direct questions of managing partner, Meg Strickler Where did you go to law school? Emory law Have you tried jury trials at both the state and…
Continue reading ›On May 17, 2021, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the establishment of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force. On March 10, 2022, Garland announced Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin Chambers as the Director For Covid-19 Fraud Enforcement. In August, 2022, President Biden signed laws that give the Department of Justice and other federal agencies…
Continue reading ›Schools across the state of Georgia are facing an increase in threats of violence. It has led schools to step up security. Each and every threat must be taken seriously. Some of these threats turn out to be real, so officials have beefed up security everywhere, including for example, Fulton County Schools implementing license plate…
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The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects against unlawful searches and seizures by the government. When the government wants to obtain a search warrant, an affidavit must be drafted and application must be made to a U.S. Magistrate judge (in federal matters). The affidavit can be more than a hundred pages at the minimum…
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When the PPP program was first created, it was meant to assist business left struggling by the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the key provisions of the program, was that the Small Business Administration (SBA) would guarantee the loan which meant that borrowers could secure loans more easily. As mentioned in a previous blog, the government…
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PPP Loan Fraud -NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS As we continue to see in the news, many cases are being charged by the Department of Justice for PPP (Payroll Protection Program) issues. There continues to be a lot of confusion out there over the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Understandable since information continues to change about how to apply,…
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