Tag: Telemarketing
Doctor charged in $13.7M scheme
March 5, 2024HME News Staff
SPOKANE, Wash. – Dr. Thomas Andrew Webster of Sylvania, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept kickbacks in connection with a fraudulent telemarketing and medical supply scheme throughout Washington and in other states, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. According to the plea agreement and information disclosed in court proceedings, between May 2021 and September 2023, Webster participated in a telemarketing scheme and conspiracy whereby a company...
Telemarketing: It's easy to run afoul of rules
June 19, 2015Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
A lawsuit alleging Lincare violated telemarketing laws highlights just how complicated attracting new patients can be.
“As a general rule, DME providers are clueless as far as telemarketing laws,” said Jeff Baird, chairman of the Health Care Group at Brown & Fortunato.
To be sure, there's a lot to keep track of. In addition to Medicare statute and supplier standards, there are also federal and state “Do Not Call” laws and HIPAA marketing restrictions.
Even national...
Simplex refutes 'No Call' allegations
March 29, 2013Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A national provider of mail order diabetes supplies denies allegations that it has violated telemarketing laws in Missouri.The Missouri Attorney General's Office on March 15 filed a lawsuit against Simplex Healthcare, claiming that the provider violated the state's “No Call” list over a period of more than two years by calling residents who had signed up for the list, which is managed by the attorney general's office.“Simplex takes compliance with all laws very...
Simplex refutes 'No Call' allegations
March 27, 2013Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A national provider of mail order diabetes supplies denies allegations that it has violated telemarketing laws in Missouri.
The Missouri Attorney General's Office on March 15 filed a lawsuit against Simplex Healthcare, claiming that the provider violated the state's “No Call” list over a period of more than two years by calling residents who had signed up for the list, which is managed by the attorney general's office.
“Simplex takes compliance...
Electric Mobility settles with the FTC
April 28, 2011Liz Beaulieu, Editor
Is there a third reason that Electric Mobility will be ceasing operations sometime this summer?
Electric Mobility recently settled with the Federal Trace Commission (FTC) over charges that it improperly used a "Win a Free Rascal" sweepstakes as a way to call 3 million people on the Do Not Call registry since 2003.
"In small print under the part of the sweepstakes form provided for the entrant's phone number, EMC reminded consumers to list their numbers so the company could contact them...