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Florida man pleads guilty in scheme exploiting amended telehealth restrictions

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The scheme, as outlined in court documents, exploited COVID-19-era amendments to telehealth restrictions. The DOJ says that 1523 Holdings offered telehealth providers access to Medicare beneficiaries, for whom they could bill consultations. THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS. Cantrell at the time of the arrests.

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Florida provider group to pay $24.5M after False Claims Act allegations

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"Billing federal healthcare programs for services that providers know are unnecessary or unreasonable undermines the quality of care that patients receive and increases the costs of these taxpayer-funded programs," said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. " THE LARGER TREND. and the Civil Actions."