Sentences with word «overbilling»

Doctors who have a habit of overbilling insurance for non-existent lab tests and medical treatments are one example.

We're all too familiar with outrageous cases of overbilling by lawyers.

Richard Condon, the school system's special commissioner of investigation, found that Verizon was in on an alleged overbilling scheme that cost the city's schools $ 3.6 million.

One of the city's highest - paid surgeons is facing a federal probe for allegedly overbilling patients.

They don't think most lawyers overbill maliciously (although some do).

«Legal Secretary Can Sue Shapiro Over Her Firing»: The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, «A legal secretary who was fired after she accused well - known Los Angeles attorney Robert Shapiro of overbilling clients can sue his law firm for wrongful termination, a state appeals court has ruled.»

But the Texas Supreme Court overturned the decision, refusing to create a public policy exception to the at - will nature of a partnership for carrying out one's ethical obligations to report unethical conduct (such as overbilling).

The former director also did not follow through on tasks such as correcting overbilling problems for sewer service and questioning the tax reassessment of Abbott Labs» lakeshore campus, Semasko said.

Billable hours are again being scrutinized as a result of alleged overbilling by a large law firm.

The audit also uncovered overbilling of approximately $ 25,000 in utilities in the Public Works and Central Police Services departments, which was mostly refunded in 2016.

A recent audit revealed how the Buffalo Urban League overbilled Erie County's Department of Social Services.

«Tying that in to actual projects, plans, signatures, schools, oversight to make sure that the vendor wasn't overbilling, that they were delivering what they were supposed to, that the right people were doing the work — no records for any of that.»

An audit found «significant overbilling» by Verizon for telephone voice and data services provided to Erie County government.

What is surprising though is the suggestion that 15 % -30 % of bills include overbills.

Steven Kunkemoeller, 56, of Ohio, was convicted by a jury of racketeering and organized fraud for intentionally overbilling Newpoint charter schools.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP)-- The New York state comptroller says a special education provider overbilled school districts by more than $ 600,000.

Catholic Health will pay $ 6 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit over allegations that its nursing home subsidiary overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for rehabilitation therapy services — including providing unnecessary therapy to some patients.

The dispute over Medicaid overbilling between state and the federal governments had been running for the last 20 years.

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Over at Above the Law, David Lat has been providing extensive coverage, including a copy of the complaint, an interview with Charney, a memo attached to Charney's complaint about allegations of the firm overbilling clients and commentary from a sympathetic S&C former summer associate.

When lawyers do overbill, however, they often get away with it, says John Toothman, president of The Devil's Advocate in Alexandria, Va..

In a recent staff report, U.S. Senators said Time Warner Cable, which was bought by Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A (NASDAQ: CHTR) for $ 79 billion, overbilled customers nationwide an estimated $ 639,948 between January and April 2016, and the number is expected to touch $ 1.91 million in 2016...

An investigation into the recent overbilling undertaken by the ECG and other state agencies seems to have found the course of the problem and some recommendations have been made.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted to require a construction company overseeing La Guardia Airport's redevelopment to pay for an outside «integrity monitor» after it admitted to overbilling at the World Trade Center site.

The audit concluded Verizon overbilled the county by approximately $ 900,000.

The office was charged with investigating whether the authority had raised rates in a manner that allowed it to avoid a required review by the state Public Service Commission, and whether it had overbilled ratepayers by as much as $ 230 million over the preceding decade.

The state, after initially being denied $ 500 million dollars in Medicaid reimbursements because of past overbilling errors, now has received an equivalent amount back.

«We wrote them again about overbilling last October,» just before the auditor's report hit the fan.

One consultant was identified by the city's schools investigator for grossly overbilling the department, another for using city time and a DOE email account to start his own personal business and a third for carrying on a personal relationship with the DOE supervisor of his $ 42 million contract.

Many seemed outraged that hospitals would charge for such a «service,» citing price - gouging and hospital overbilling practices.

> NYC was suspending payments to the Cultural Institutions Retirement System on the grounds that it had been overbilled nypost > NYC Suspends Pension Payments for Arts Institutions nyt

Viewabill, a service that allows clients to see what their lawyers bill in real time, says that waiting until the end of the month to record your time means you are probably overbilling your clients by about 23 %.

Represented KBR in the DC Circuit in a False Claims Act dispute alleging the company overbilled the US government for services provided in Iraq, with the court ruling that whistleblower Julie McBride failed to establish a viable fraud claim under the Act and that her federal lawsuit was properly dismissed in 2014.

But more and more clients (including major corporate clients) have come to resent some hallmarks of biglaw operations like overbilling and overstaffing, bloated overhead in the form of expensive mahogany and granite offices, and — worst of all — the sheer inattentiveness of some biglaw firms to their questions and needs.

Many who claim to care sit on findings that are too challenging to address, e.g., toxic rainmakers, institutional overbilling, etc..

She's careful to note, however, that the wide variation in firm cultures plays a strong part in whether overbilling takes place at a particular partnership.

HCA: $ 100 million; December 2000 Two whistleblowers shared a $ 100 million reward, after they told the FBI that the healthcare provider was regularly overbilling Medicare.

It also tracks all of your claims and spending, which can help you catch medical overbilling.

CenturyLink customers say they have been systematically overbilled, and they want Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate.

Cost Awareness - Verified the accuracy of office processes and expenses, eliminating overbilling and cultivating an attitude of quality control among staff.

1994), a New York court found that a lawyer who was sued for fraudulent overbilling was entitled to a defense under his professional liability insurance policy despite a policy exclusion for «return... of legal fees.»

We act as your advocate to audit operating expense liabilities and prevent overbilled charges and obtain refunds.

Overbilling schemes can be attributed to three factors: the lack of accountability most lawyers take for granted, the fact that most legal jobs are «infinitely expandable,» and the ingenuity of lawyers facing onerous billable hour requirements.

Questech, a government contractor with $ 50 million in revenue last year, spent up to $ 1 million annually on legal fees — until an audit uncovered overbilling.

«If you look at the amount the Urban League overbilled, at best it is gross incompetence, at worst it's actual fraud of the taxpayers of Erie County,» said Stefan Mychajliw, the county comptroller.