A disgruntled patient receives a bill for an insurance deductible from you, and feels that your services were performed unnecessarily. He or She yells fraud to the Department of Health and before you know it you have investigators at your office with a subpoena demanding copies of records, and you are bamboozled. It doesn't matter that you did nothing wrong. Your life is turned around and you beco
me the target of a major investigation and your medical license is now on the line. Pain Clinics throughout the State of Florida are being monitored closely for compliance with proper office record documentation, justification for necessity of services, and when prescriptions from the prescribing physician show up on other states, the prescribing physician can become a target of an investigation. The Pain Management physician may have done nothing wrong but what may follow is a very lengthy and expensive review of his/her practice pattern before the Board of Medicine. The physician's license is once again at stake. Often times after the Florida Department of Health gets involved on the licensing issue, the DEA comes in next to review matters in their jurisdiction. This could result in restriction or complete revocation of DEA registration. These are a few examples of how innocently licensure and DEA issues may arise. You have been searching for a forum where law and medicine can work together for you. Contact us today! Allow us to help you.
