Category Archives: General
3 Freidin Brown, P.A. Lawyers Acknowledged In 2022 Edition Of Best Lawyers In America
August 18, 2021 — Freidin Brown, P.A. is pleased to announce that Philip Freidin and Joel H. Brown have been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers has published their list for over… Read More »
Protection From NLRA Retaliation
Since 1935, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has protected the rights of workers to engage in collective bargaining and other “concerted activity” for their mutual aid and protection. Under the NLRA, covered workers have the right to join or not join a union or engage in union activity. The NLRA protects more than… Read More »
Protection From FLSA Retaliation
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides a national minimum wage along with a rule requiring that workers be paid overtime at one and a half times their normal rate for every hour worked over 40 in a given week. Unfortunately, these simple rules are frequently violated by employers in Florida and around the… Read More »
Protection From OSHA Retaliation
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in 1970 as part of the United States Department of Labor. OSHA creates and enforces standards to help ensure a safe and healthful workplace. When employees at a workplace feel they are being asked to do something illegal or made to work in an unsafe… Read More »
Florida Care Not Provided Lawyer
Billing For Care Not Provided Many Floridians rely on Medicare to cover designated medical expenses, and health care providers who offer services recoup their fees through this federal health insurance program. Unfortunately, there are some physicians and practices that take advantage of the system. According to the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS),… Read More »
Highlights from Daily Business Review’s Florida Legal Awards 2021
South Florida’s leading legal newspaper, the Daily Business Review, recently announced the recipients of their annual Florida Legal Awards. We are thrilled to announce that attorney Jonathan E. Freidin has been recognized as a 2021 “On the Rise” honoree, reserved for South Florida’s most promising young attorneys selected through peer nomination. Previously recognized by… Read More »
New Palm Gardens Hospital to Join Universal Health Services’ Florida Sector
On Monday February 1, Universal Health Services, a Fortune 500 healthcare company, announced development plans for a new 7-story, 270-bed hospital after purchasing a 32-acre lot in Palm Beach Gardens. Based out of Pennsylvania, Universal Health is a nationwide healthcare network with over 25 medical facilities in the state of Florida, as listed below…. Read More »
Fraud Alert: For Profit Colleges
What is Considered Education Fraud? For-profit colleges are big business; they exist in the first instance to make money and they have been a haven for fraud, waste and wrongdoing. What is worse is that many of these colleges exist only because their students take out government backed loans to pay hefty tuition. Hence,… Read More »
What Is Upcoding & Unbundling?
How to Recognize this Common Fraud Pattern Upcoding and unbundling are examples of healthcare billing fraud that involve the improper use of billing codes by health care providers. Billing codes (known as CPT codes) are a part of the Medicare healthcare program. The program uses a set of tables to determine how much a… Read More »
Attorney False Claims Act Case Referrals
Why We’re the Right Choice & What to Expect While a lot of our business comes directly from whistleblowers contacting us, we also work with and acceptreferralsfrom lawyers who have been contacted by the whistleblowers themselves. Because whistleblower laws are nuanced and complicated, with potential land mines throughout the process, teaming up with the… Read More »
Violating The False Claims Act
What are False Claims Act Penalties? The False Claims Act of 1863, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, also known as the “Abraham Lincoln Law,” is one of the federal government’s most powerful weapons against fraud. Although meant for both civil and criminal proceedings, the civil application of the Act is the primary means of federal… Read More »
Evaluating Pain and Suffering in Florida Med Mal Cases
Florida once again ranked in the Top 10 US states for medical malpractice payouts according to the 2019 Medical Malpractice Payout Report prepared by LeverageRx, an analytics resource and insurance marketplace for doctors. Another key finding in the publication is that, after a steady increase over the last few years, the average settlement for… Read More »
Whitney Untiedt: Leading Virtual Law Practice Innovator
As courtrooms across the country embrace technology in response to the coronavirus lock-down, Freidin Brown, P.A. attorney Whitney Untiedt is drawing upon her considerable trial experience and professional leadership to help other attorneys navigate the uncharted waters of virtual advocacy. Whitney has developed and contributed to several resources for lawyers who must quickly add… Read More »
COVID-19 Impact on Nursing Homes and ALFs
We have all heard the news about the multiple, unnecessary deaths at a nursing home in Washington State and what we are being told was missed opportunities to prevent those deaths. While this is a novel virus with no currently known vaccines or treatment for it, what we have learned is that this nursing… Read More »
COVID-19 Message
Safety Measures Adopted. Productivity Maintained. A message from attorney Jonathan Freidin: While the courthouses may be closed during these difficult times, our firm remains fully committed to our clients and our cases. In order to protect the health of our staff and our communities, we are utilizing technology to enable our entire office to… Read More »