For the past 3 years I have been watching the “skin substitute” industry and asking what I thought were simple questions about pricing, payments, and the legality of things like “selling the spread.” I have been worried about the possibility that unwary practitioners...
At last, something to help our patients with PG! There is a new, non-profit Patient and Family Advisory Council for PG and the kickoff meetings will take place on October 1 and October 7. This is a resource for practitioners, as well. Any provider or caregiver is...
At last, something to help our patients with PG! There is a new, non-profit Patient and Family Advisory Council for PG and the kickoff meetings will take place on October 1 and October 7. This is a resource for practitioners, as well. Any provider or caregiver is...
Eastern District of California | Fresno County Podiatrist and Sales Representative Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Submit False Claims Related to Skin Grafts | United States Department of Justice US Attorney Eric Grant has announced that Felipe Ruiz, a podiatrist at...
Alexandra Gehrke and her husband, Jeffrey King of Arizona pleaded guilty to over $1.2 billion of false and fraudulent Medicare and other insurance claims for, “expensive, medically unnecessary wound grafts that were applied to elderly and terminally ill patients.”...
Weight-loss surgery dramatically outperformed GLP-1 medications in improving longevity and reducing heart, kidney, and eye complications for people with obesity and diabetes. Over 10 years, patients lost far more weight and required fewer medications. Experts say...