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Professor Benson Weintraub, Esquire, a Ft. Lauderdale-based global health care attorney and counselor with an international practice and clientele, and a distinguished academic authority on the Federal sentencing of corporations and individuals, has been invited to present "Defense of a Criminal Healthcare Fraud Case" at Health Care Compliance Association's (HCCA) 12th Annual Compliance Institute to be held in New Orleans April 13-16, 2008.

Weintraub has served as a full-time Professor of Law. During his legal career, Porf. Weintraub has successfully represented complex white collar targets, corporations, business entities, executives, defendants, and witnesses as a tenacious, exclusively federal white collar criminal defense lawyer for more than 25 years.

Among his credits has defended more than 60 Physicians, Health Care Delivery Corporations & Organizations, DME Distributors, Internet Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, and public officials on hospital regulatory boards throughout the nation.

He also represented David Paul in the failed CenTrust Bank case as well as reputed drug lords, Willie Falcon and Salvador Magluta.

Weintraub recently represented Arne Soreide, a high profile telecom executive convicted after trial (by other counsel) in Fort Lauderdale of a $22m fraud, successfully convincing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta that his 25 year sentence of imprisonment must be reversed, which the appellate court conceded was improper.

Weintraub was appointed by the first Chairman of the US Sentencing Commission to assist the fledgling agency in drafting its initial sentencing guidelines for organizations and individuals.

His extensive academic writing has been widely published or cited in Yale L.J., Harvard Law Review, Federal Sentencing Reporter, Stanford Journal of Law & Policy, Notre Dame Law Review, Federal Probation (US Courts), etc., and health care blogs.

Florida Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer Robert David Malove is Of Counsel to Benson Weintraub, LLC, upon whom a Masters Degree in Forensic Science, was conferred on Malove by the distinguished George Washington University in Washington DC. Malove received his JD from Pepperdine University School of Law. He has completed the Graduate Certificate Program in Healthcare Corporate Compliance at George Washington University and is Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) by the Compliance Certification Board of HCCA. For more information visit www.healthcarefraudblog.com.

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The Compliance Certification Board (CCB) announced that Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer Robert David Malove, has successfully completed the Certified in Healthcare Compliance Examination, thus earning the "CHC" designation.

Healthcare compliance is a relatively new industry, born out of the government's crackdown on Medicare fraud. Compliance professionals come from a variety of backgrounds including coding, medical records, nursing, medical practice. law and government. Regardless of background, compliance professionals are tasked with assuring that health care providers follow federal, state and local regulations that govern the delivery of healthcare.

CCB President Debbie Troklus, noted, "The United States government constantly updates the laws and regulations surrounding Medicare to ensure proper billing and to eliminate fraud. These new regulations demand professionals who both understand the new regulations and how to implement programs to ensure compliance within their companies."

Founded by the Health Care Compliance Association in 1998, the Compliance Certification
Board exists to develop criteria for the determination of competence in the practice of healthcare compliance at a variety of levels and to recognize individuals meeting these criteria.

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Today, the person most essential to your healthcare organization's long term success may not be a doctor, nurse, or technician. Increasingly, the most vital person in your company may be the one who helps you navigate a tangled web of regulations, certifications, and liability. Who creates and institutes policies and operational guidelines that help keep you open for business? Who is responsible for monitoring day-to-day operations to be sure that you can survive scrutiny from government auditors investigating potential fraud or Stark violations? That person is Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer Robert David Malove.

GW's Healthcare Corporate Compliance Program is accredited by The Healthcare Compliance Certification Board (HCCB). The HCCB was established by the Health Care Compliance Association in 1999 to complete the process of developing an examination and manage the Certified in Healthcare Compliance certification program.

Given the dramatic changes in healthcare policy and regulation over the past decade, the importance of having a corporate compliance adviser has increased dramatically and become a top corporate priority. No other position can have so profound an impact on your healthcare organization's success-or failure. Legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Anti-Kickback and Stark Laws has created the need for university-based certification for this increasingly specialized-and increasingly complicated-field.

To this end, attorney Robert David Malove has completed The George Washington University's Graduate Certificate Program in Healthcare Corporate Compliance. This one-of-a-kind program provided Mr. Malove with a comprehensive corporate compliance education. Drawing from both GW's Department of Health Policy in the School of Public Health and Health Services and leading healthcare law firms in Washington, DC, the program allowed Malove to immerse himself in learning the various healthcare laws and regulations as well as tools and strategies for creating effective corporate compliance programs.

A well-educated healthcare corporate compliance lawyer like Robert Malove may be your most important asset.

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