Practice Areas

The Health law offices of Anthony C. Vitale P.A.., is a health law and consulting firm, which utilizes a team of experienced professionals to provide legal representation and consulting.

Team

• Health care counsel experienced in civil, criminal, administrative, licensure
• Medical experts
• Billing, coding and documentation experts
• Private investigators
• Forensic Accountants/statisticians
• Valuation & cost report experts
• Experts in Health Care Compliance
• Florida Registered Paralegals

Healthcare Defense Investigation
Licensure, Certification and Disciplinary Proceedings Representation
Overpayment Representation
Criminal Representation
Civil Representation
Administrative Representation
Suspension/Cancellation of Payment/Provider Number
Recoupment of Denied Claims Suspended Payments
Healthcare Contracts
Asset Seizures & Protection
Compliance Program Assessment
Other Health Care Related Services

• Healthcare Investigation Defense

  Confidential investigations and audits in response to Federal or State criminal, civil, licensure or administrative investigations.

• Licensure, Certification and Disciplinary Proceedings Representation

  Licensure, certification, and disciplinary representation before professional boards including the Board of Medicine, Dentistry, etc..

• Overpayment Representation

  Overpayments imposed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers including fair hearings, Administrative Law Judge hearings and medical necessity litigation.

• Criminal Representation

  Representation and consultation with regard to health care fraud, false claims, kickbacks, subpoenas, grand jury investigations, jury trials, and appeals.

• Civil Representation

  Representation and consultation with regard to civil false claims, qui tam, private insurance litigation and other civil matters.

• Administrative Representation

  Representation and consultation regarding audits, document requests, withholding of Medicare/Medicaid payments, fair hearings, ALJ hearings, civil monetary penalties, program exclusion and advisory opinions.

• Suspension/Cancellation of Payment/Provider Number

  Program suspensions, terminations, and reactivation of canceled provider numbers.

• Recoupment of Denied Claims Suspended Payments

  Recovery of claims denied or suspended by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance.

• Healthcare Contracts

  Health care related contracts including safe harbor, employment, personal service, and management contracts.

• Asset Seizures & Protection

  Representation for seizure of assets, freezing of assets and asset protection.

• Compliance Program Assessment

  Compliance assessment to determine whether a health care provider is in compliance with the law and whether a compliance program is necessary.

• Other Health Care Related Services
• Group practice issues
• Billing, coding and documentation consultation
• Medical necessity litigation
• Private insurance representation
• Due diligence
• Qui tam representation
• Cost report representation