Category Archives: Health Care Fraud
Article 177 of the NY Penal Law: Health Care Fraud
Article 177 of the NY Penal Law explains what constitutes health care fraud in New York. According to the Law, healthcare fraud is divided into five different degrees. Although a crime of health care fraud is categorized as either a first, second-, third-, fourth- or fifth-degree crime depending on various factors, two elements are… Read More »
New York Governor Proposes That Entities and Individuals Should Lose Their Licenses and Face Criminal Penalties for Selling or Administering COVID-19 Vaccine To People Trying To Skip the Line
New York has already begun administering the COVID-19 vaccines. According to a January 4th, 2021 news article, New York had received over 774,000 vaccine doses by the beginning of January 2021. New York governor Andrew Cuomo wants hospitals to administer these vaccine doses faster. The governor stated that if hospitals do not move the… Read More »