Individuals who work for the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) have extremely important jobs. They are tasked with identifying and combating waste, fraud and abuse in the HHS’s more than 300 programs. These programs include Medicare as well as others conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. The last thing you would expect from an HHS-OIG age

On behalf of the entire team, here at Allegiant Experts, we hope you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and weekend with your family and friends! We must admit that we have quite a lot to be thankful for ourselves. Among those many things are the opportunities we get to assist attorneys who try cases against individuals who commit healthcare fraud. As clinical experts, it’s not our job to judge whether those who are on trial are guilty or innocent. Instead, we offer our exp

Florida is a wonderful state. The team, here at Allegiant Experts, makes it no secret that it’s made up of many proud Floridians. How could we not be proud? When you’re greeted with generous helpings of warmth and sunshine year round and pass by palm trees on your way to work each day, it’s hard not to see Florida as a paradise, of sorts. Of course, we know the reality. Our beloved Sunshine State isn’t perfect. A recent story emanating from Miami reminds us of that. Last week

In last week’s blog, we highlighted the fact that healthcare fraud remains a constant problem throughout the United States and throughout every medical discipline. The Allegiant Experts Blog has kept pretty close tabs on the goings-on in the large and ever-growing world of health insurance fraud. But, we must admit, we take a special interest in stories that emanate from our home state of Florida. Late last month, the United States Department of Justice reported that a Miami-