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Deferred Entry of Judgment: Do I Have to Report it to My Licensing Agency in CA?

by Adam G. Slote on August 25, 2014

After successful completion of diversion or deferred entry of judgment in California under Penal Code sections 1001.9 and 1000.4,the arrest and diversion or deferred entry of judgment is deemed not to have occurred, and the licensee or applicant “may indicate in response to any question concerning his or her prior criminal record that he or she was not arrested or diverted [or granted deferred entry of judgment] for the offense….” (Penal Code sections 1001.9 and 1000.4.)

Court Overturns Medi-Cal Suspension Against CA RN

by Adam G. Slote on July 28, 2013

We sued the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) because it suspended the Medi-Cal “provider status” of a registered nurse who had never actually been a Medi-Cal provider.  The DHCS blacklisted the RN by including the nurse on a list of individuals barred from employment by Medi-Cal facilities.  This unwarranted action prevented our client from working in all California hospitals and as lawyers who defend nurses we took action to remedy this.

Finding a California license law attorney on the Internet--A Quick Tip

by Adam G. Slote on January 25, 2011

California license law attorney or lawyer is a common search phrase. The proper area of law, however, is administrative law. Professional license defense, or license law, is one area of administrative law. Searching for a California administrative law attorney may help you find the right “license law” attorney.

Court Holds that Buyer of California Pharmacy Cannot Use Seller's Medi-Cal Provider Number

by Adam G. Slote on March 25, 2010

On March 23, 2010, the California Court of Appeal filed its decision in Advanced Choices Inc. v Department of Health Services. Case No B210116. An Administrative Law Judge, the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal decided that using another's Medi-Cal provider number by power of attorney is an unlawful assignment of the number.

A pharmacy’s Medi-Cal provider status was terminated for violations of pharmacy law by DHCS even though the Pharmacy Board declined to take action

by Adam G. Slote on December 11, 2009

On December 9, 2009, in the case of Golden Drugs Co. Inc. v. Maxwell-Jolly, Case No. C058178, the California Court of Appeal issued a decision which upheld the termination of a pharmacy’s Medi-Cal provisional provider status by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). The DHCS terminated provider status based on a violation of pharmacy law rather than billing fraud. The Board of Pharmacy declined to take action.

Court Upholds Suspension of Doctors' Status as Medi-Cal Provider by Department of Health Care Services Based Fraud Investigation

by Adam G. Slote on October 05, 2009

Mednik v. State Department of Health Care Services, 175 Cal.App.4th 631 (2009).

On June 30, 2009, the California Court of Appeal upheld the suspension of a physician provider from the Medi-Cal program based upon the fact that the doctor was under investigation for fraud.