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\section{Introduction and motivation}
\label{sec:intro}

The discovery of a Standard Model (SM)-like Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)~\cite{Aad:2012tfa,Chatrchyan:2012xdj} strongly informs LHC searches for physics beyond-the-SM (BSM), especially for an expanded Higgs sector. Motivations for an extension of the SM arise from both theoretical and observational considerations~\cite{Giudice:2008bi}.

Two Higgs doublet models (2HDMs) are well-motivated scenarios that provide the simplest generalization of the SM Higgs sector~\cite{Branco:2011iw}. After electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB), the general 2HDM will generate 5 mass eigenstates, a pair of charged Higgs boson $H^\pm$, one CP-odd Higgs boson $A$ and two CP-even Higgs bosons, $h, H$. Here we take the lighter $h$ as the observed SM-like Higgs. The spectrum can be studied through direct heavy Higgs searches at hadron colliders, or indirect, precision measurements of the couplings of the SM-like Higgs bosons at the LHC or future lepton colliders~\cite{Aaboud:2017sjh,CMS-PAS-HIG-17-020,Aaboud:2017gsl,Aaboud:2017rel,Sirunyan:2018qlb,Aaboud:2017yyg,Aaboud:2017cxo,Aaboud:2018eoy,Khachatryan:2016are,Aaboud:2018ftw,Sirunyan:2018iwt,ATLAS-CONF-2016-089,Aaboud:2018gjj,CMS-PAS-HIG-16-031,Chen:2018shg,Bian:2017gxg}. Direct search signals are a fruitful area of study because of the interesting variety of heavy Higgs decay channels $H/H^\pm/A \rightarrow f\bar f^{'}, VV^{'}, Vh, hh$. There are also some exotic decay channels such as $A/H \rightarrow H/A Z$~\cite{Kling:2018xud,Kling:2016opi,Li:2015lra}. So far, the assessments of the null results at the LHC include only the tree-level Higgs couplings, under the assumption that higher-order corrections are not important for the interpretation of the current LHC datasets. However, this neglects the fact that, in some special regions, loop corrections can play a key role. For example, in the $A\rightarrow Zh,\ H\rightarrow VV$, and $ H\rightarrow hh$ channels, the tree-level couplings are proportional to $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$. They therefore vanish in the ``alignment limit'' of $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ and, as a result, give no constraint around the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ region~\cite{Aaboud:2017cxo, Sirunyan:2019xls, Sirunyan:2018qlb,Aaboud:2017rel,Aaboud:2018bun,Aaboud:2017gsl,CMS:2019kjn,Aad:2019uzh,Sirunyan:2018two}. Loop corrections change this picture substantially, however, and we will find below that with a combination of these channels the region around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ is no longer unreachable. Our study shows that the searches in these channels are sensitive to small $\tan \beta$ values even for $ \cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ which is unconstrained at tree level, and we present the updated limits on the parameters of two Higgs doublet models for degenerate heavy Higgs masses. The study shows that the small $\tan \beta$ region can be strongly constrained for all four types of 2HDM, where the experimental limits are applicable.

The paper is structured as follows. In \autoref{sec:2hdm}, we give a brief introduction to 2HDMs, summarizing the experimental and theoretical results for the four decay channels described above, with the detailed formulae at one-loop level given in \autoref{app:Couplings}. We present our individual channel analyses as well as the combined results in \autoref{sec:result}. Finally we give our main conclusions in \autoref{sec:con}.

\section{Two Higgs doublet models}
\label{sec:2hdm}
\subsection{2HDM Higgs sector}

For the general CP-conserving 2HDM, there are two ${\rm SU}(2)_L$ scalar doublets $\Phi_i\ (i=1,2)$ with hyper-charge $Y=+1/2$,
\begin{equation}
\Phi_{i}=\begin{pmatrix}
  \phi_i^{+}    \\
  (v_i+\phi^{0}_i+iG_i)/\sqrt{2}
\end{pmatrix}\,.
\end{equation}
where $v_i$ are the vacuum expectation values (vev) of the two doublets after EWSB with $v_1^2+v_2^2 = v^2 = (246\ {\rm GeV})^2$ and $\tan \beta\equiv v_2/v_1$.

The Higgs sector Lagrangian of the 2HDM can be written as
\begin{equation}\label{equ:Lall}
\mathcal{L}=\sum_i |D_{\mu} \Phi_i|^2 - V(\Phi_1, \Phi_2) + \mathcal{L}_{\rm Yuk}\,,
\end{equation}
with a Higgs potential of
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{eq:L_2HDM}
 V(\Phi_1, \Phi_2) &=& m_{11}^2\Phi_1^\dag \Phi_1 + m_{22}^2\Phi_2^\dag \Phi_2 -m_{12}^2(\Phi_1^\dag \Phi_2+ h.c.) + \frac{\lambda_1}{2}(\Phi_1^\dag \Phi_1)^2 + \frac{\lambda_2}{2}(\Phi_2^\dag \Phi_2)^2  \notag \\
 & &+ \lambda_3(\Phi_1^\dag \Phi_1)(\Phi_2^\dag \Phi_2)+\lambda_4(\Phi_1^\dag \Phi_2)(\Phi_2^\dag \Phi_1)+\frac{\lambda_5}{2}   \Big[ (\Phi_1^\dag \Phi_2)^2 + h.c.\Big]\,,
\end{eqnarray}
where we have assumed $CP$ conservation, and a soft $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry breaking term $m_{12}^2$.

After EWSB, three Goldstone bosons are eaten by the SM gauge bosons $Z$, $W^\pm$, providing their masses. The remaining physical mass eigenstates are $h, H, A$ and $H^\pm$.  The usual eight parameters appearing in the Higgs potential are $m_{11}^2, m_{22}^2, m_{12}^2, \lambda_{1,2,3,4,5}$, and can be transformed to a more convenient choice of the mass parameters: $v, \tan\beta, \alpha, m_h, m_H, m_A, m_{H^\pm}, m_{12}^2$, where $\alpha$ is the rotation angle diagonalizing the CP-even Higgs mass matrix.

$\mathcal{L}_{\rm Yuk}$ in the Lagrangian represents the Yukawa interactions of the two doublets. To avoid tree-level flavor-changing neutral currents (FCNC), all fermions with the same quantum numbers are made to couple to the same doublet~\cite{Glashow:1976nt,Paschos:1976ay}. By assigning different doublets to different fermions, in general, there are four possible types of Yukawa coupling: Type-I,
Type-II,
Type-LS (Lepton specific),
and Type-FL (Flipped).
In this work, the most relevant Yukawa couplings are $y_{b}$ and $y_t$, which matter for the $A\rightarrow Zh$ with $h\rightarrow b\bar b$ process and constitute the dominant loop corrections. Thus we will focus on the Type-I and Type-II 2HDMs. The situation in the Type-LS and Type-FL 2HDMs would be similar:
\begin{align}
\kappa_b\equiv\frac{y_{b}^{\rm 2HDM}}{y_{b}^{\rm SM}}=\begin{cases}
\frac{c_\alpha}{s_\beta} & \text{Type-I, LS}\\
-\frac{s_\alpha}{c_\beta} & \text{Type-II, FL}
\end{cases}, \quad \kappa_t \equiv \frac{y_t^{\rm 2HDM}}{y_t^{\rm SM}} = \begin{cases}
\frac{c_\alpha}{s_\beta} & \text{Type-I, LS}\\
\frac{c_\alpha}{s_\beta} & \text{Type-II, FL}.
\end{cases}
\end{align}
Here we take $c_x = \cos x$ and  $s_x= \sin x$.

\subsection{Heavy Higgs Decay Channels}
\label{sec:decay}
The heavy Higgs decay channels we are interested in and the corresponding tree-level couplings are
\begin{align}
&{\bf A\rightarrow Zh} & &g_{AhZ} = \frac{m_Z}{v}c_{\beta-\alpha}(p_A^\mu - p_h^\mu) \label{eq:c_AhZ},\\
&{\bf H\rightarrow ZZ} & &g_{HZZ} = \frac{2m_Z^2}{v}c_{\beta-\alpha} \label{eq:c_HZZ}, \\
&{\bf H\rightarrow WW} & &g_{HWW} = \frac{2m_W^2}{v}c_{\beta-\alpha},
\label{eq:c_HWW}\\
&{\bf H\rightarrow hh} & &g_{Hhh} = -\frac{c_{\beta-\alpha}}{4s_{2\beta}v}\left(\frac{4m_{12}^2}{s_\beta c_\beta}(3s_\alpha c_\alpha-s_\beta c_\beta)-2(2m_h^2+m_H^2)s_{2\alpha}\right).
\label{eq:c_Hhh}
\end{align}
At the tree-level, all of these couplings vanish in the alignment limit where $c_{\beta-\alpha} = 0$. As a consequence, all are currently thought to be irrelevant for constraining 2HDMs in the tree-level alignment limit.

However, at one-loop level, the definition of the alignment limit will shift channel-by-channel from the previous definition $c_{\beta-\alpha} = 0$.
For $c_{\beta-\alpha} = 0$ and $m_{H} = m_{A} = m_{H^\pm} = \sqrt{(m_{12}^2/s_\beta c_\beta)}\equiv m_{\phi}$, the one-loop coupling expressions for the relevant vertices can be  simplified and given by

\begin{align}
C_{hAZ} &\approx \frac{3e^3(p_h^\mu-p_A^\mu)}{64\pi^2s_W^3c_Wm_W^2}\sum_{f=t,b}\xi_fm_f^2\times\Big(\mathcal{PV}_1\Big)\label{eq:loop-haz},\\
C_{HWW} &\approx \frac{3e^3}{32\pi^2s_W^3m_W}\sum_{f=t,b}\xi_fm_f^2\times\left({g^{\mu\nu}\Big(\mathcal{PV}_2\Big)} + {\frac{p_1^\mu p_2^\nu}{m_W^2}\Big(\mathcal{PV}_3\Big)}\right), \\
C_{HZZ} &\approx \frac{3e^3g^{\mu\nu}}{8\pi^2s_W^3c_W^2m_W}\sum_{f=t,b}\xi_fm_f^2\times\left(\left(\left(c_L^f\right)^2+\left(c_R^f\right)^2\right)\times\left({g^{\mu\nu}\Big(\mathcal{PV}_4\Big)} + {\frac{p_1^\mu p_2^\nu}{m_Z^2}\Big(\mathcal{PV}_5\Big)}\right)\right.\nonumber \\
&\quad \left. +c_L^fc_R^f\times\left({g^{\mu\nu}\Big(\mathcal{PV}_6\Big)} + {\frac{p_1^\mu p_2^\nu}{m_Z^2}\Big(\mathcal{PV}_7\Big)}\right)\right),\\
C_{Hhh} &\approx \frac{3e^3}{32\pi^2s_W^3m_W^3}\sum_{f=t,b}\xi_fm_f^2\times\Big(\mathcal{PV}_8\Big),
\label{eq:loop_Hhh}
\end{align}
where $\xi_t = \cot\beta$ for both the Type-I and Type-II models, while $\xi_b = \cot\beta$ for the Type-I model and $\xi_b = -\tan\beta$ for the Type-II model. $c_L^f=I_f - Q_f s_W^2$ and $c_R^f=-Q_f s_W^2$ are the couplings between fermions and the $Z$-boson. $(\mathcal{PV}_i)$ represents some combination of Passarino-Veltman functions~\cite{Passarino:1978jh} which only depends on the masses. The full expressions in this limit can be found in~\autoref{app:Couplings}.

In the tree-level alignment limit, the dominant contributions to the above couplings come from the fermion (top and/or bottom) loop. Thus, all of these couplings are related to the Yukawa coupling modifier $\xi_f$. In both the Type-I and Type-II models, $\xi_t = \cot \beta$ which will be significantly enhanced in the low $\tan\beta$ region. Together with the large value of $m_t$, the unexplored region around $c_{\beta-\alpha}=0$ at low $\tan\beta$ can thus be probed by these channels.

We calculated the complete expressions for the amplitudes for all decay channels ($ff$, $VV$, $SV$ and $SS$) of all scalars ($h, H, A, H^\pm$) using {\tt FeynArts}~\cite{Hahn:2000kx} and {\tt FormCalc}~\cite{Hahn:2016ebn}, using the 2HDM model files including full 1-loop counter terms and renormalization conditions. All renormalization constants are determined using the on-shell renormalization scheme, except $m_{12}^2$ which is renormalized by $\overline{\rm MS}$~\cite{Chen:2018shg}. Note that, for the $SVV$ type couplings, we also include the Lorentz structure $p_1^\mu p_2^\nu/m_V^2$ in the calculation which does not appear in the tree-level calculation. The $\epsilon_{\mu\nu\rho\sigma}$ structure which represents a CP-odd interaction between the scalar and vector bosons can be safely ignored in our calculation, since for the CP-even scalar $H$, the presence of such structure indicates CP violation which can only come from the CP phase in the CKM matrix in the CP conserving 2HDM. All of these NLO amplitudes are then implemented in {\tt 2HDMC}~\cite{Eriksson:2009ws} to fully determine the branching fractions of different channels and the total width of each particle.

\subsection{Heavy Higgs search results at LHC Run-II}
\label{sec:LHC_reports}
A variety of searches for heavy Higgs bosons have been conducted by the ATLAS and CMS collaboration. Here we use the published cross-section times branching ratio limits to directly constrain the 2HDM parameter space, with the {\tt SusHi} package \cite{Liebler:2016ceh} for the production cross-section at NNLO level, and our own improved {\tt 2HDMC} code, which adds loop-level effects to the public {\tt 2HDMC} code~\cite{Eriksson:2009ws}, for the branching ratios. For each Higgs production and decay process of interest, there exist both ATLAS and CMS public results, and these are non-trivial to apply in practice due to the assumption of a particular width in the presentation of the final results. Since we are not modelling a continuous likelihood, we do not combine these results but, instead, take the most constraining, or the limit with the widest region of applicability from the perspective of the Higgs boson widths. For points where the heavy Higgs decay widths are larger than those assumed for the derivation of the published limits, we use the largest available $\Gamma_H/m_H$ limit, but overlay plots with a region of applicability to indicate the need for caution in our reinterpretations (a device borrowed from experimental reports such as Fig.7 of \cite{Sirunyan:2019xls}). The analyses that we consider include the following:

\begin{enumerate}
  \item \textbf{$A\rightarrow Zh$:} Both the ATLAS~\cite{Aaboud:2017cxo} and CMS~\cite{Sirunyan:2019xls} collaborations have presented results with $h\rightarrow b\bar b$. Here we choose the ATLAS report for reinterpretation, due to the clear statement of decay width $\Gamma_A/m_A \leq 10\%$, and it includes both $b$-associated and gluon fusion production modes.
  \item \textbf{$H\rightarrow ZZ$:} We choose the CMS report~\cite{Sirunyan:2018qlb} for reinterpretation rather than the ATLAS report~\cite{Aaboud:2017rel,Aaboud:2018bun}, since it has a clear $\Gamma_H/m_H$ table with an upper limit of $\Gamma_H/m_H=$30\%. The report uses all the heavy Higgs production modes at CMS.
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  \item \textbf{$H\rightarrow WW$:} We use the ATLAS results~\cite{Aaboud:2017gsl} rather than the CMS~\cite{CMS:2019kjn} results, since the ATLAS collaboration has published limits on $\sigma\times \rm Br$ in terms of different $\Gamma_H/m_H$ assumptions (the narrow width approximation which assumes $\Gamma_H/m_H=$2\%, 5\%, 10\% and 15\%). This ATLAS report only consider the gluon fusion production mode for heavy Higgs.
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  \item \textbf{$H\rightarrow hh$:} We use the ATLAS~\cite{Aad:2019uzh} results which  have a detailed description of the $\Gamma_H/m_H$ assumptions. The results involve a combination of the SM-like Higgs decay channel results, combining $b\bar b \gamma\gamma$, $b\bar bb\bar b$, and $b\bar b \tau^+\tau^-$ for $\Gamma_H/m_H \leq 2\%$; $ b\bar bb\bar b$ and $b\bar b \tau^+\tau^-$ for $2\% \geq \Gamma_H/m_H \leq 5\%$; and $  b\bar b$ and $\tau^+\tau^-$ for $5\% \leq \Gamma_H/m_H \leq 10\%$. As in the $H\rightarrow ZZ$ case, the heavy Higgs production here is assumed to include all modes.
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  In the report, the cross section times branching ratio limits are estimated based on the assumption that all SM-like Higgs couplings, except for the triple Higgs coupling itself $g_{hhh}$, are the same as those expected in the SM. We use the acceptance and efficiency information given and then rescale to get the cross section times branching ratio limits for the 2HDM where the SM-like Higgs couplings can depart from their SM values. The CMS results can be found in \cite{Sirunyan:2018two}.
\end{enumerate}

\section{Results}
\label{sec:result}
To build intuition for the full impact of the one-loop corrections to heavy Higgs decays, we first provide a detailed comparison of the tree-level and one-loop-level results for each channel separately in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha) - \tan \beta$ plane.

\subsection{The $A\rightarrow Zh (h \rightarrow b\bar b)$ channel}

\begin{figure}[!tb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=14.5cm]{figures/tbcba_AhZ_300_2.png}
\caption{Regions in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$-$\tan \beta$ plane excluded by experimental results in the $A\rightarrow Zh$ channel in the Type-I (left panel) and Type-II (right panel) 2HDM. We have assumed degenerate heavy Higgs masses of 300 GeV. The dashed lines in the figures reproduce the tree-level constraints, while the green and red regions are one-loop level results. The green ones are assumed to be excluded by the $b$-associated production channel, whilst the red regions show the excluded regions by the gluon-fusion production channel. The blue backgrounds represent the points with $\Gamma_A/m_A > 10\%$ or $\Gamma_H/m_H > 10\%$ at one-loop level. }
 \label{fig:AhZ_tanbcba}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

In~\autoref{fig:AhZ_tanbcba}, the constrained parameter space is shown in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha) - \tan \beta$ plane, with the benchmark point $m_A=m_H=m_{H^\pm} = 300 \,{\rm GeV}$, $m_{H}^2=m_ {12}^2/(s_\beta c_\beta)$ .
The left panel is for the Type-I 2HDM and the right one is for the Type-II. The results are shown separately for the $b$-associated and gluon fusion production modes, as the green and red shadow regions respectively. In the figures the tree-level results are shown with dashed lines.
For the Type-I 2HDM, the effects of the limits within the region of applicability can exclude the $\tan \beta < 8$ region, except for two bands. The central band around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ has a small tree-level $AhZ$ coupling as in \autoref{eq:c_AhZ} and the lower left curve band has a small $hbb$ coupling. The green and red regions represent the one-loop level results excluded by the $b$-associated production and gluon-fusion production channel respectively. We display the regions of $\Gamma_A/m_A >0.1$ or $\Gamma_H/m_H >0.1$ with light blue backgrounds. Generally $\tan \beta<8$ is also strongly constrained, but the loop-level effects shift the the allowed region around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ in the small $\tan \beta$ region. The $0.2< \tan \beta <2$ allowed region is shifted to the right whilst the $\tan \beta<0.2$ region is shifted to left. For the Type-II 2HDM, the shifted allowed region at small $\tan \beta$ is similar to that seen in the Type-I scenario. The allowed band for $\cos(\beta-\alpha)>0.3$ arises because the $hbb$ coupling becomes small in that region.  Meanwhile the constraints in large $\tan \beta$ region are quite different because of the effect of the $hbb$ Yukawa couplings, which affect the $b$-associated production cross-section.

\subsection{The $H \rightarrow VV$ channel}

As shown in \autoref{eq:c_HZZ}, and \autoref{eq:c_HWW}, the tree-level $HVV$ couplings are only proportional to $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$, and they are therefore independent of the 2HDM model type.
At one-loop level, the couplings will become type-dependent through fermion corrections. However, the main difference comes from the production which is similar to the $A\rightarrow hZ$ case. Hence, we will only show the results for one type and briefly comment on the difference after that.

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=14.5cm]{figures/tbcba_HWZ_300_2.png}
\caption{Regions in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$-$\tan \beta$ plane excluded by experimental results in the $H \rightarrow VV$ channel, with assumed degenerate heavy Higgs masses of 300 GeV. The red dashed lines in the figures represent the tree-level constrained regions, while the red shadow regions are excluded by the one-loop-level results. In the case of diboson decay, the four types are exactly the same at tree-level and the loop effects do not differ significantly for different types. Here the left panel is for the Type-I 2HDM $H \rightarrow ZZ$ channel and the right is for the Type-II $H\rightarrow WW$ channel. The blue backgrounds represent the regions where $\Gamma_A/m_A > 10\%$ or $\Gamma_H/m_H > 10\%$ at one-loop level.}
 \label{fig:Hvv_tanbcba}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

In \autoref{fig:Hvv_tanbcba}, we show the constrained parameter space in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha) - \tan \beta$ plane for the Type-I 2HDM $H \rightarrow ZZ$ channel (left panel), and for the Type-II $H\rightarrow WW$ channel (right panel), with the benchmark point $m_A=m_H=m_{H^\pm} = 300 \,{\rm GeV}$, $m_{12}^2/(s_\beta c_\beta)=m_H^2$. For the tree-level results shown with dashed red lines, in the region the limits are applicable, $\tan \beta<2(1)$ is strongly constrained for the Type-I and Type-II 2HDMs except for the central band around the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ region.
At the one-loop level, the excluded regions represented by red shadow are largely separated into two parts.  For the $H\rightarrow ZZ$ channel, one excluded part is at $0.3 < \tan \beta <5, \cos(\beta-\alpha)<0$ and the other one has $\tan \beta<2$ around $ \cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$. For the Type-II $H\rightarrow WW$ scenario, one is around $\tan \beta=1$ with $\cos(\beta-\alpha)<0$ and the other one has $\tan \beta<0.2$ around $ \cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$.
The large deviations from the tree-level results in the low $\tan\beta$ region are mainly from the influence of the large triple scalar couplings which give rise to large corrections through Higgs field renormalization as well as the large branching ratio of $H\rightarrow hh$.
Similar to \autoref{fig:AhZ_tanbcba}, the regions of $\Gamma_A/m_A >0.1$ or $\Gamma_H/m_H >0.1$ are displayed with light blue backgrounds.

The large $\tan \beta$ region is less constrained because the production cross-sections of the heavy Higgs bosons are much smaller. For the $H \rightarrow ZZ$ channel, the report from CMS~\cite{Sirunyan:2018qlb} includes both gluon fusion and $b$-associated production. As a result, the different types of exclusion limit for the $HZZ$ channel are different at large $\tan \beta$ to the case of the $A\rightarrow Zh$ channel. On the other hand, results are only reported for gluon-fusion production in the case of the $HWW$ channel. Hence the results are quite similar for the different model types. We also note the small red region at large $\tan \beta$, which comes from the noncontinuous cross section times branching ratio limits in that region.

\subsection{The $H \rightarrow hh$ channel}

As shown in \autoref{eq:c_Hhh}, the $Hhh$ couplings at tree-level are type-independent.
At one-loop level, though, the correction is type-dependent. The main differences between types come from the production mode as in previous cases. At large $\tan\beta$, $b$-associated production makes a big difference for different types.

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=14.5cm]{figures/tbcba_Hhh_300_2.png}
\caption{Study of the impact of measurements in the $H \rightarrow hh$ channel in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$-$\tan \beta$, with degenerate heavy Higgs masses of 300 GeV.  As before the dashed red lines in the figure show results based on tree-level calculations, and the excluded region at loop level are red. The left plot is for the Type-I 2HDM and the right for Type-II. Here the Higgs production modes include both gluon fusion and $b$-associated production, and the latter provides the main difference between the two model types. The blue backgrounds represent the points with $\Gamma_A/m_A > 10\%$ or $\Gamma_H/m_H > 10\%$ at one-loop level.}
 \label{fig:Hhh_tanbcba}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
The results for the $H\rightarrow hh$ channel are shown in \autoref{fig:Hhh_tanbcba}, where the left panel is for Type-I and the right panel is for Type-II, with the dashed red lines for tree-level results and red regions for loop-level results. Here the benchmark point is still $m_A=m_H=m_{H^\pm} = 300 \,{\rm GeV}$, $m_{12}^2/(s_\beta c_\beta)=m_H^2$. For both of the Yukawa types, there are two allowed regions. One is the region around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$, and the other one is the band starting from $\tan \beta=1.5, \cos(\beta-\alpha)=-1$ to $\tan \beta=0.01, \cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$. The main feature here is that, in the parameter space where reports limits are applicable (non-blue region), there is nearly no allowed region, especially for $\tan<0.3$, at one-loop level, which is still allowed at tree-level.

\subsection{Loop effects summary}

Our individual analyses of the channels $A\rightarrow hZ, H\rightarrow VV/hh$ have revealed that loop effects can contribute greatly in some regions, especially the small $\tan \beta$ region. Now we display the combined results with the same benchmark point $m_A=m_H=m_{H^\pm} = 300 \,{\rm GeV}$, $m_{12}^2/(s_\beta c_\beta)=m_H^2$.

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=14.5cm]{figures/tbcba_total_300_2.png}
\caption{Combined study in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$-$\tan \beta$ plane, with assumed degenerate heavy Higgs masses of 300 GeV. The dashed lines represent tree-level results and the red represent loop-level constrained regions. The left (right) is for Type-I (Type-II) 2HDM. The blue background represent the points with $\Gamma_A/m_A > 10\%$ or $\Gamma_H/m_H > 10\%$ at one-loop level.}
 \label{fig:total_tanbcba}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

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\caption{Study in the $m_\phi$-$\tan \beta$ plane. Here we choose the benchmark parameter $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=$ 0 (red line), 0.01 (blue line) -0.01 (green line). The left is for the Type-I, LS 2HDM and right for the Type-II, F 2HDM. The grey background represents the points with $\Gamma_A$ or $\Gamma_H$ larger than the values described in \autoref{sec:LHC_reports}, with three black lines for $\Gamma_A$ = 10\%, 20\%, and 30\%.}
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In \autoref{fig:total_tanbcba}, the combined results are shown in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$-$\tan \beta$ plane. In the Type-I 2HDM scenario (left panel), the allowed region is generally around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$. At tree-level, considering the parameter space where the reported limits are applicable, the allowed regions are $\tan \beta>8, |\cos(\beta-\alpha)|<0.6$, $\tan \beta<8, |\cos(\beta-\alpha)|<0.02$ and smaller $\tan \beta$ with smaller $|\cos(\beta-\alpha)|$. At one-loop level, for the non-blue region, the allowed region at $\tan \beta>1.8$ is similar, while the small $\tan \beta$ region is totally excluded, even if $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$. The Type-II 2HDM results are displayed in the right panel. The main differences occur at $\cos(\beta-\alpha)>0.3$. At the one-loop level, the region $\tan \beta<1.2$ around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ is totally excluded except for the blue region. We keep in mind that the blue regions are not currently detectable because of the large heavy Higgs boson decay width in that region.

Further, the combined results are also shown in the $m_\Phi - \tan \beta$ plane in \autoref{fig:tbma1}. Here we take $m_{H}^2=m_{12}^2/(s_\beta c_\beta)$ and $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0, \pm0.01$ as the benchmark parameters. We find that the Type-I and Type-LS models have quite similar results because of their similar $hbb$ coupling, shown in the left panel. For the red line with $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$, with current published limits the region $m_\Phi < 2 m_t$ GeV for $\tan \beta<0.5$ can be constrained, and the sensitivity can be extended up to $\tan \beta\sim3$ with lower masses except for the grey region where the decay width is too large and limits are not applicable any more. When $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$ deviates from exactly 0, such as $\pm 0.01$ (shown by the blue and green lines), we can see that the constraints in the small $\tan \beta$ region become stronger than those for $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$.
In the right panel, we show the Type-II and Type-FL cases which have similar results. The exclusion limits are also similar to the Type-I and Type LS models, except for the moderately reduced constraints on $\tan \beta$.

With these combined exclusion regions shown in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)-\tan \beta$ and $m_\Phi - \tan \beta$ planes, we find that loop effects in the considered channels are important in the small $\tan \beta$ region, especially for the $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ region which is excluded by a loop-level analysis except for the space where the limits are not applicable, while the tree-level analysis has no sensitivity.
We also find that, even though the loop corrections are usually type-dependent, the difference between loop- and tree-level results becomes relatively type-independent.

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Studies of extensions of the Higgs sector of the SM are a promising way to try and address various theoretical and experimental questions following the discovery of the SM-like Higgs boson. In the framework of 2HDMs, we have interpreted current LHC experimental limits on the cross section times branching ratio of the $A\rightarrow Zh, H\rightarrow VV$ and $H \rightarrow hh$ channels at the one-loop level.
In previous studies, the limits were reported at tree-level, with no limit for the region around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ because the couplings are proportional to the parameter $\cos(\beta-\alpha)$. At one-loop level, however, we have shown that these results are modified considerably.

Our results for individual channels were displayed in \autoref{fig:AhZ_tanbcba}-\autoref{fig:Hhh_tanbcba} in the $\cos(\beta-\alpha) - \tan \beta$ plane, which showed that loop effects can contribute significantly in some regions of parameter space, especially in the small $\tan \beta$ region with $\cos(\beta-\alpha)\sim0$. Through the combined analysis shown in \autoref{fig:total_tanbcba}, we find that the region around $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0$ with degenerate heavy Higgs masses $m_\Phi$ is detectable using these channels. Except for the regions of parameter space where current limits are not applicable due to large decay width, $\tan \beta<1.8(1.2)$ can be excluded for the Type-I(II) models, for  a benchmark point with $m_\Phi=300$ GeV.
The combined results in the $m_\Phi - \tan \beta$ plane were also shown in \autoref{fig:tbma1}. Generally the sensitive region is $\tan \beta<4$. For $\cos(\beta-\alpha)=0, \pm0.01$, the sensitive region has $m_\Phi$ values up to 350 GeV. For large $m_\Phi$, the $t\bar t$ decay channel opens, resulting in large heavy Higgs decay widths, and the current reported limits are no longer applicable.
Our study also shows that the improvement of the sensitivity through loop corrections is approximately type-independent.

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MW, AGW and WS are supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP180102209. AGW is further supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale (CoEPP) (CE110001104) and the Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter (CSSM). YW is supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

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Appointments, New Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court and 6 Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court: Robin Phukan was appointed by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovid as the new additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court in the exercise of his power given by clause (l) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India.
Robin Phukan joined the Judicial Service on March 9, 1993, and has served as Kamrup's Chief Judicial Magistrate. From January 6, 2020, he was working as District and Sessions Judge in Jorhat.
6 New Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In exercise of the power given by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Indian Constitution, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovid appointed six additional judges to the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Anil Verma
Satyendra Kumar Singh
Sunita Yadav
Deepak Kumar Agarwal
Rajendra Kumar Verma
Anil Verma joined the Judicial Service as a Civil Judge Class-II on August 26, 1987, and has been working as the Principal Registrar of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh Bench in Indore since June 4, 2018.
Arun Kumar Sharma joined the judiciary on August 27, 1987, and has been serving as a District and Sessions Judge in Chhatarpur since March 28, 2019.
Satyendra Kumar Singh joined the Judicial Service on November 3, 1987, and is currently serving as a Principal Secretary, Govt. of MP, Law & Legislative Affairs Department, Bhopal, since May 14, 2018.
Sunita Yadav joined the Judicial Service on September 7, 1987, and has been serving as a District & Sessions Judge in Datia since July 3, 2017.
Deepak Kumar Agarwal joined the judicial service on September 1, 1987, and has been a District & Sessions Judge in Gwalior since December 1, 2018.
Rajendra Kumar Verma joined the judiciary on September 28, 1987, and has been working as a District and Sessions Judge in Bhopal since December 1, 2018.
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India hands over 6 cranes to Chabahar Port to expand trade in region
Sarbananda Sonowal and Dr Ali Akbar Safaee had a fruitful meeting on development of maritime and port cooperation between Iran and India.
NEW DELHI: Indian Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal paid a visit to the Shahid Behestti port at Chabahar in Iran on Saturday to hand over six mobile harbour cranes to Indian Ports Global Chabahar Free Trade Zone (IPGCFTZ) at the port.
The Minister was accompanied by the India's Ambassador to Iran, Gaddam Dharmendra. Dr Ali Akbar Safaee, Deputy Minister and Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organisation, Iran, led the Iranian delegation at the launch.
Sonowal and Dr Ali Akbar Safaee had a fruitful meeting on development of maritime and port cooperation between Iran and India. Both the delegation discussed the possibilities of trade & unlock trade potential between Central Asian countries with South Asian, ASEAN and even from Far East countries like Japan and Korea, officials said .
On the occasion Sonowal reiterated the role Chabahar port can play in reducing distance, time and cost. It was decided to form a joint technical committee for smooth functioning of the port. The meeting also addressed the future course of action towards development of the port.
Sonowal, said, "Our shared historical relationship has been the seedbed of Indo Iranian bilateral relationship. The sustained engagement and all round efforts in the preceeding years provide an ideal platform for further expansion and deepening of the bilateral relation. India remains fully committed to develop the Chabahar port to realise the vision set during Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit to Iran in 2016. The inauguration of the SIX mobile harbour cranes would act as a force multiplier for the operation of the Shahid Behesti Port and further fuel impetus to the development of the Chabahar port. The strategic role of Chabahar port to unlock trade potential in the regional trade between Central Asia, South Asia & South East Asia is huge. We are continuously working towards making the International North South Transport Corridor as the preferred route of trade between the two regions."
Since India Ports Global Private Limited (IPGPL) assumed operations of Shahid Beheshti Port, it has handled over 4.8 million tons of bulk cargo. The trans-shipment of goods were from varied countries including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Germany, Oman, Romania, Russia, Thailand, UAE, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The port functions in close cooperation between India's IGPL and Iranian stakeholders including Iran's Port and Maritime Organisation, Iranian Customs Administration and the Chabahar Free Zone Authority, Shahid Behesti Port
The Port is likely to act as a catalyst to unlock the huge trade potential in the region and India has pitched to link the Port with INSTC.
Sonowal is on a three days official tour to Iran and UAE where he is also slated to visit and Jebel Ali Port in UAE. The visit also intends to highlight the importance of Chabahar port as a gateway for Indian trade with Europe, Russia and CIS countries.
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It is no secret that soy has become the best-loved 'health food' of the past 20 years.
What is a secret — by all evidence — is which soy products you should use to obtain these health benefits. After all, there's a world of difference between the beneficial ones — and the ones that will seriously throw a wrecking ball at your health.
It's often hailed as a wonder food, but soy is actually a Pandora's box of benefits and dangers.
For more than 1,000 years, people in Japan have consumed a soy-based food called natto, which contains a unique enzyme called nattokinase. By eating this powerful enzyme, the Japanese keep their blood vessels clear and free of dangerous blood clots.
Now, after many centuries in secrecy, nattokinase is finally available in America.
Clearly, if you want to support healthy circulation and enjoy normal blood pressure at the same time, nattokinase is the nutrient for you. To find out how to get this scientifically proven enzyme in an inexpensive daily supplement, click here.
Japanese women have held the record for the world's longest life expectancy for 25 years now (as of 2010), according to Reuters News. Women in Japan have a life expectancy of 86.44 years, while Japanese men can expect to live 79.59 years.
It's been said, "It's all in the food." And it is true that the Japanese consume a diet rich in fish, soy and tea. What's more, there's less overeating because of their custom of small serving sizes.
However, there is a soy secret the Japanese know — which Americans seem totally clueless about.
You see, there are two kinds of soy — the kind the Japanese eat, and the kind Americans eat. And a great chasm separates the two.
Hence, the great debate about whether soy is truly a 'health food' or not.
What if everything you've heard about soy is industry hype and multi-million dollar marketing campaigns based on half-truths or lies?
The U.S. soy industry was born decades ago, back when coconut and palm oils were in nearly every kitchen. But since these two tropical oils were primarily grown outside the U.S., a plan was devised to replace them with a domestic 'healthy' oil — soybean.
The explosive growth of the soy industry was virtually guaranteed thanks to government subsidies, which kept prices artificially low, and the American Soybean Association, which united the industry into a powerful lobby. For the most part, the industry has succeeded in convincing Americans that its soybeans are indeed a health food.
But regular unfermented soy has been linked to all sorts of health issues — digestive distress, immune system breakdown, PMS, endometriosis, reproductive problems (men and women), allergies, ADD and ADHD, increased heart disease and cancer risk, malnutrition, and loss of libido.
Were it eaten as it usually is in Japan, soy could be considered a health food. In Japan, soy is nearly always consumed in fermented form, while in the U.S. it's almost always highly processed and non-fermented.
1. Soy blocks vitamin and mineral absorption, denying your body the health building tools it needs.
Soy has extremely high phytate levels, and they're highly resistant to normal phytate-reduction tactics like long, slow cooking. Long periods of fermentation will greatly reduce those levels, though it won't eliminate them.
Every plant has anti-nutrient properties, but the soybean plant is especially rich in these chemicals. If they're not removed by fermentation, soybeans are one of the worst foods you can eat.
Soy creates an increased bodily demand for vitamins E, K, D and B12. The phytic acid in soy blocks absorption of essential minerals, creating mineral deficiencies of calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, and more.
2. Soy contains its very own natural toxins, known as anti-nutrients.
These are potent enzyme inhibitors that block trypsin and other enzymes from being released to help you digest protein and carbohydrates.
The enzyme inhibitors can produce gastric distress and cause amino acid deficiencies. Diets high in trypsin inhibitors caused enlargement and pathological conditions including cancer in test animals.
3. Soy contains endocrine-disrupting isoflavones, especially one called genistein.
Problems relating to dietary intake of isoflavones include infertility, reproductive problems, thyroid and liver disease.
One hundred grams of soy protein (less than four ounces) can contain nearly 500 mg of isoflavones — a very high dose. In 1992 the Swiss Health Service estimated that 100 grams of soy protein provide the same amount of estrogen as one birth control pill. This is a controversial subject — I would say the jury is still out on whether eating a large amount of genistein is literally the same as supplementing with human estrogen. But if I were you, I wouldn't take the chance.
What's even more paradoxical is that genistein has been shown to KILL cancer cells under some circumstances. From what I can learn, we don't have definitive answers on the good and the bad when it comes to this plant chemical.
4. Unfortunately, matters get worse when soy is processed.
It is often acid-washed in aluminum tanks, leaching aluminum into the finished product. Spray drying produces nitrites, which are potent carcinogens. The toxin lysinoalanine forms during alkaline processing. Artificial flavorings, especially MSG, are added to soy protein isolate (SPI) and textured vegetable protein (TVP) products to cover their 'beany' taste and make it more 'meat-like'.
5. DNA damage and cancer.
Are you now consuming soy in the belief that it protects you from breast cancer?
And there's more damaging evidence which is beyond the scope of this article.
It should be noted that America's FDA even ignored two of its own expert research scientists (Daniel Sheehan, PhD and Daniel Doerge, PhD) — when these two Daniels expressed concerns about the widely-accepted 'safe' use of soy.
Fermentation is the oldest known form of food biotechnology, dating back more than 5,000 years. Our distant ancestors found it was a way of preserving foods safely.
In soy, fermentation removes the trypsin inhibitors — those nasty anti-nutrient factors — from the bean's coating.
Fermented soy products become nutritionally enhanced, more bioavailable, and reduce certain cancer risks… while promoting heart and bone health and relieving menopausal symptoms. During the fermentation process, the enzymes produced by the bacteria and yeast break down and become easier to digest. This makes the protein content of unfermented soy protein easier to digest also.
A study of cultured miso concluded that this fermented soy produces its own unique anti-carcinogenic activity by strongly inhibiting the formation of cellular mutations. I was glad to hear that, since I like miso soup.
In addition to reducing the risk of certain kinds of cancer, fermented soy gets credit for lowering cholesterol, reducing chronic pain, lowering blood pressure, and alkalinizing blood.
You may not be familiar with fermented soy products, so here's a quick rundown about a few options you may want to experiment with.
Natto — Fermented soybeans with a sticky texture and a strong, cheese-like flavor. Loaded with nattokinase — a very powerful blood thinner — it's the world's best source of vitamin K2, as well as a quality source of the beneficial bacteria called bacillus subtilis. You can find it in most Asian grocery stores.
Tempeh — A fermented soybean cake with firm texture and a nutty, mushroom-like flavor.
Miso — A fermented soybean paste with a salty, buttery texture… often used in miso soup.
Soy Sauce — Caution! Traditionally soy sauce was made with fermented soybeans, salt and enzymes. But many varieties on the market today are made artificially using a chemical process, not the traditional fermented process.
It's often said that natto takes a little getting used to for most Americans, because of its strong taste. In fact, I know a Japanese-American who thinks the stuff is pretty foul. There are nattokinase food supplements available for people who don't want to eat natto. If you want to check out a nattokinase supplement, click here. Please take note: the supplements probably don't contain other nutrients (such as beneficial bacteria) that are found in whole natto. They just contain one enzyme extracted from natto.
Compared to natto, the word on the street is slightly different for tempeh and miso.
A quick online search revealed numerous tempeh recipes to try, such as barbeque tempeh sandwiches, tempeh ratatouille, vegetarian sloppy joes, and more. One piece of advice… use the freshest tempeh available for best and tastiest results.
Likewise, you can find numerous miso recipes online, as well as entire print cookbooks. Recipe ideas range from miso soup(s) to salad dressings, and miso-glazed salmon to BBQ miso chicken… and more.
Bear in mind that with fermented soy foods, a little goes a long way. The Chinese and Japanese eat only about one ounce of fermented soy food on a daily basis. It's a condiment or flavoring, not something you stuff yourself with.
For this reason (and this is just my conjecture) Asians aren't getting the massive doses of estrogens that Americans ingest by eating hundreds of grams of unfermented soy. In health food stores and Chinese restaurants I've often encountered chunks of unfermented tofu as big as children's blocks. The Asians, I'm told, don't eat it that way.
When fermented soy foods are used in small amounts they help build the inner ecosystem — the "good" bacteria and yeast in your colon. Fermented soy provides your colon with a wealth of friendly microflora that aid digestion, boost immunity, and help with the assimilation of nutrients.
Haelan is a fermented soy anti-cancer product. Walter Wainright, PhD, is an expert on this subject, and is with the Haelan Research Foundation (http://www.haelan951.com).
Wainright points out that the chemo drug Avastin costs $100,000 — and perhaps extends life for two to six months, with extreme side effects.
As noted in our last issue, Dr. Ursula Jacob uses Haelan at her clinic in the Black Forest.
Haelan Products, Inc. began in 1989 — when Lesly Todesco learned of a fermented soy product manufactured and sold in China that had worked wonders for a friend of hers.
She and her husband Joe decided the product should be made available in the U.S. They began selling it, and incorporated their company in the Pacific Northwest. Since then, Haelan Products has built a good reputation in the field of nutrition.
They select beans based on the maximum available nutrition. They take geographical area and soil quality into account, with beans harvested at the peak of nutritional value. The soybeans used to manufacture their Haelan 951 drink are processed through a patented fermentation process under carefully controlled conditions.
This sets Haelan 951 apart from other soy beverages. The differences are noticeable in both the protein and phyto-nutrients provided. They are proven to be readily digested.
The ingredients in Haelan 951 include mineral water, cultured soy powder, potassium phosphate, yeast, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and sodium selenate — and absolutely no artificial colorings or flavoring.
Overall, the evidence seems to point to fermented soy as a product to safely include in your diet in moderation — but not so with 'regular' soy.
Unfermented soy should be banished from your diet… hands down. Read labels, because it's in nearly everything even remotely processed (including dark chocolate, which contains soy protein isolate). Skip it — it's not worth the health risks. Be sure you're consuming the ONLY soy your body can benefit from.
By all means, feel free to include one ounce per day of fermented soy, if you enjoy consuming it. In moderation only!
When it comes to Haelan, I'd like to see more clarification of the genistein/estrogen issue before making it my first choice as a cancer treatment. As a male, I'm not looking for added estrogen. Since I've just encountered this treatment, I need to learn more.
Haelan's website says that one-fourth to one-half an eight ounce bottle each day is a "maintenance" dose (for someone not seriously ill). As you have to expect in the case of any nutritional supplement, the website makes no claims as to whether Haelan is useful in treating cancer or other diseases. The site recommends very large doses of Haelan for patients with an acute condition.
More information about Haelan was included with our newsletter last Wednesday. If you missed that issue, please scroll down to have a look at it now.
1 Estrogen found in soy stimulates human breast-cancer cells in mice . Three studies from the University of Illinois, Nov 1, 2001, www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-11 uoia-efi110101.php Abstract EurekAlert Medical Archives.


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Abundant Futures
This is the second of four conversations for the Forever Fresh Talanoa Series produced in collaboration with Contemporary HUM.
We listen in to Lana Lopesi, Grace Iwashita-Taylor and Anne-Marie Te Whiu marinate on their projects Flying Fetu and Fair Trade. This series continues with a written response by writer and curator Ioana Gordon-Smith
This episode, 'Abundant Futures', features Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Grace Iwashita-Taylor and Lana Lopesi discussing their recent writing initiatives, each focused on fostering the conditions for Indigenous writers to flourish. Te Whiu offers her experience leading Fair Trade, a collaborative First Nations poetry project, while Iwashita-Taylor and Lopesi discuss their aims to support Moana writers through the recent launch of Flying Fetu, which featured a Writers Lab and festival.
Written Response by Ioana Gordon-Smith
Grace Iwashita-Taylor
Grace Iwashita-Taylor, breathing bloodlines of Sāmoa, England and Japan. An artist of upu/words dedicated to carving, elevating and holding spaces for storytellers of Te Moana nui a Kiwa. Recipient of the CNZ Emerging Pacific Artist 2014 and the Auckland Mayoral Writers Grant 2016. Highlights include holding the visiting international writer in residence at the University of Hawaii 2018, Co-Founder of the first youth poetry slam in Aotearoa, Rising Voices (2011 - 2016) and the South Auckland Poets Collective and published collections Afakasi Speaks (2013) & Full Broken Bloom (2017) with ala press. Writer of MY OWN DARLING commissioned by Auckland Theatre Company (2015, 2017, 2019) and Co-Creater & Curator of UPU (Auckland Arts Festival 2020). Co-Director of Flying Fetu and the first moana writers festival Flying Fetu Festival (2022).
Anne-Marie Te Whiu
Anne-Marie (Ani) Te Whiu is an Australian-Māori (Te Rarawa) creative who has worked extensively as a cultural producer, editor and weaver. Her writing is published across Australia and Aotearoa. She edited Tony Birch's collection Whisper Songs and co-edited the Solid Air, Australia and New Zealand Spoken Word anthology. Between 2015-17 she co-directed the Queensland Poetry Festival. She received a 2021-Wheeler Centre, Next Chapter Fellowship. She is a Senior Project Manager at Red Room Poetry where she devised and leads the Fair Trade project whose kaupapa is to connect Indigenous writers around the world to write in collaboration and solidarity.
Lana Lopesi
Lana Lopesi is Assistant Professor in the department of Indigenous Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon. She is the author of False Divides and Bloody Woman and co-editor of Towards a Grammar of Race: In Aotearoa New Zealand, and Pacific Spaces: Translations and Transmutations. In 2022, she co-founded Flying Fetu with Grace Iwashita-Taylor, an organisation committed to uplifting the work of Moana writers, and in November they held their inaugural writers festival at Basement Theatre.
Ioana Gordan-Smith
Ioana Gordon-Smith is a Sāmoan/Pākehā arts writer and curator living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Across her work is a commitment to Moana arts practices and their histories. She has held roles at Artspace Aotearoa, Objectspace and Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, and currently works as the Curator Māori Pacific at Pātaka Art + Museum. Ioana is the Assistant Curator of Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp, the Aotearoa New Zealand Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, and co-curator of the international Indigenous triennial, Naadohbii: To Draw Water in Winnipeg, Canada. She is also the co-founder and co-editor of Marinade: Aotearoa Journal of Moana Art and a trustee for Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. As well as writing for art journals, magazines and exhibition catalogues, Ioana has contributed to publications produced by Thames & Hudson, Routledge, ARP Books and Te Papa Press.


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Published on: March 23, 2020
Florida Doctor to Repay $1.74 Million in Medicare Fraud Claims | Whittel & Melton
A Florida doctor has agreed to pay $1.74 million to resolve allegations that he submitted fraudulent Medicare claims, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Orlando announced.
The doctor and the Village Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery were accused of billing Medicare for higher levels of reimbursements than were performed in the central Florida facility, according to a news release.
The cases involved tissue transfers that were apparently billed as more complex cases between Jan. 1, 2011 and July 31, 2016, the statement said. This included 14,000 level tissue transfers which should have been billed as lower level wound repairs.
The inflated claims were paid by Medicare.
"Protecting federal healthcare programs and the patients who receive their care is among our top priorities," U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez said in a statement released Friday. "The U.S. Attorney's Office will continue to hold accountable those who inflate claims to Medicare or abuse any of our nation's healthcare programs."
Medicare and medicaid fraud has been at the top of the list for the federal government for many years, so naturally as new health care laws get implemented, they will continue to closely monitor medicaid reimbursement submissions for any suspicious activity. Similarly, investigators will also be keeping a close watch for medicare fraud crimes against insurance companies.
If you are a doctor or any other medical professional that has been accused of health care fraud or another federal white collar crime, you are facing very serious charges that must be dealt with accordingly. You will be going head to head with prosecutors that have very deep pockets and numerous resources at their disposal. If you want to stand a fighting chance, you must have a strong attorney on your side. This is what you will find when you work with our Florida Medicare Fraud Defense Attorneys at Whittel & Melton.
Have You Been Accused of Medicare Fraud in Florida?
When it comes to health care fraud cases, the burden lies with the prosecution to prove that the accused had a willful intent to defraud the government or private insurance company. The truth is that many doctors and other medical professionals accused of these crimes did not knowingly commit them. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement forms are complex and can be hard for even the most intelligent of people to fully understand. Coding and bookkeeping errors are often mistaken as intentional crimes by the federal government.
You Have Legal Options
Everyone has legal rights, and we can use the law to protect yours. Most people find themselves under investigation for or charged with health care fraud related to the following:
Billing for medical services not actually performed, known as phantom billing
Billing for a more expensive service than was actually rendered, known as up coding
Billing for several services that should be combined into one billing, known as unbundling
Billing twice for the same medical service
Dispensing generic drugs and billing for brand-name drugs
Giving or accepting something in return for medical services, known as a kickback
Providing unnecessary services
False cost reports
Embezzlement of recipient funds
When you are a medical professional accused of health care fraud, the stakes are high. Your freedom, future and medical license are all at risk. Our Medicare Fraud Defense Lawyers at Whittel & Melton will vigorously protect your rights. We will review every piece of evidence against you to identify any errors or discrepancies. After a careful analysis, we may be able to get the charges against you dropped or reduced.
Health Care Fraud Penalties
When charged at the federal level, criminal penalties for healthcare fraud depend on which law was violated. For example, under the False Claims Act, penalties may include a maximum of five years in federal prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a loss of license. Likewise, under the Anti-Kickback Statute, violators may be jailed up to five years and fined up to $75,000 per violation.
Criminal consequences for health care fraud may increase in certain circumstances. If the act resulted in injury to another person, it could be punishable by 20 years of federal prison time for each count of fraud. If a patient died as a result, the penalty could be elevated to a life sentence.
Posted in: Medicaid and Medicare Fraud
Manager of New York Medical Clinics Found Guilty in Nearly $100 Million Money Laundering and Health Care Kickback Scheme
The manager in charge of multiple medical clinics in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, was found guilty of his role in a nearly $100 million health care kickback and money laundering scheme.
After a two-week trial, the 44-year-old Brooklyn man was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, two counts of money laundering, one count of conspiracy to receive and pay health care kickbacks and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the IRS. Sentencing has been set for April 8, 2020.
The man was said to be the leader of a large scale healthcare kickback and money laundering scheme in which he and his co-conspirators stole tens of millions of dollars from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
According to evidence presented at trial, the man and his co-conspirators operated a series of medical clinics in Brooklyn and Queens over the course of nearly a decade that submitted approximately $96 million in medical claims. The clinics employed doctors, physical and occupational therapists, and other medical professionals who were enrolled in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In return for illegal kickbacks, the man and his co-conspirators referred beneficiaries to these health care providers, who submitted claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to court records. The man then laundered a substantial portion of those proceeds through companies he and his co-conspirators controlled, including by cashing checks at several New York City check-cashing businesses; he and his co-conspirators then failed to report that cash income to the IRS. The man used that cash to enrich himself and others and to pay kickbacks to patient recruiters, including ambulette drivers, who, in turn, paid beneficiaries to receive treatment at the defendant's medical clinics. Evidence established that the man used shell companies and fake invoices to conceal his illegal activities.
More than 25 other individuals have pleaded guilty to or been convicted of participating in the scheme, including physicians, physical and occupational therapists, ambulette drivers, and the owners of several of the sham shell companies used to launder the stolen money.
This case was investigated by the HHS-OIG and IRS-CI, and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
The Fraud Section leads the Medicare Fraud Strike Force. Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, which maintains 15 strike forces operating in 24 districts, has charged more than 4,200 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for nearly $19 billion. In addition, the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with the HHS-OIG, are taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers.
If you're charged with Medicare or any other type of health care fraud, you may face serious penalties imposed by state or federal courts. Our Florida Medicare Fraud Defense Attorneys at Whittel & Melton have extensive experience providing criminal defense for anyone charged with crimes related to health care fraud.
At the state and federal level, fraud related to health care and Medicare cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year, which is why government agencies work vigilantly to uncover any schemes. Due to the fact that federal and state authorities are so aggressive about prosecuting cases of perceived fraud relating to health care or Medicare, many innocent people can be caught up in investigations. If you are charged and convicted of health care fraud, you can be subject to serious penalties such as lengthy prison sentences, fines, and restitution.
Medicare fraud convictions require the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an individual knowingly or willfully submitted a false claim or engaged in kickbacks or health care fraud. However, the prosecution does not have to prove the person had actual knowledge or specific intent to obtain a conviction. A person can actually be convicted if they are found to have acted with blatant disregard of the truth or falsity of the claim.
Published on: October 2, 2019
Florida Residents Charged in $2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Seven Floridians, including four doctors, are among 35 people arrested Friday by the FBI for alleged involvement in a $2.1 billion fraud that charged Medicare for false cancer genomic tests (CGx tests).
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the alleged fraud was perpetrated by defendants in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas and exploited seniors' curiosity about genetic medicine by enticing them to get unneeded DNA tests.
Dubbed "Operation Double Helix," the crackdown targeted telemedicine companies, nine doctors and numerous labs following a joint investigation by the DOJ, the FBI, the U.S. Health & Human Services (HHS) Inspector's General Office and U.S. attorneys' offices.
The DOJ said the alleged scheme involved a telemarketer or in-person "recruiter" who would persuade a Medicare enrollee to take a genetic test, assuring them the program would pay full cost.
A doctor "in league with the fraudsters" would then approve the test and collect a kickback from the "recruiter," the indictment reads.
A lab would run the test, bill Medicare, and share payments with the "recruiter," according to the DOJ.
Reports indicate that the genetic testing bills submitted to Medicaid ranged from $7,000 to $12,000, with some as high as $33,000. In many cases, he said, the patient never got a report back, or the results provided were incomprehensible.
U.S. attorney's offices in the Southern and Middle districts of Florida filed charges against defendants while four Florida doctors were indicted by U.S. attorneys in New Jersey.
The federal government and the state of Florida are serious about finding and punishing those who are involved in health care fraud. Law enforcement uses any means to uncover fraud like task forces and undercover operations. Anyone can be the target of an investigation from an individual doctor to a billing company to an entire hospital system.
Our Florida Medicare Fraud Defense Attorneys at Whittel & Melton have extensive experience defending clients against accusations of fraud and related state and federal crimes. We can help with the defense of anyone in the healthcare industry, including:
Doctors, nurses and pharmacists
Hospitals, hospital systems and clinics
Home health care companies
Medical billing and coding companies
Medicare and Medicaid fraud investigations in Florida are often the result of inaccurate claims. These claims may include excessive charges, charges that weren't authorized, and false charges.The federal government will label these claims as fraudulent billing or reimbursement requests. The most common causes of a Medicare or Medicaid fraud investigation are:
Phantom billing – billing for services that were never performed
Submitting a claim for unnecessary medical services or medical equipment
Submitting a claim for medical supplies, equipment, or services that were never ordered
Submitting a claim of certification for medically unnecessary supplies
Submitting a claim of certification for medically unnecessary services, like hospice or home health care
Double billing
Upcoding
Inflating charges
Overusing medical equipment or services
Providing or accepting kickbacks
Doctors, nurses, health care services, physician-owned entities, nursing homes, registered care providers and facilities, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, laboratories, DME providers, DNA centers, and cancer centers are the most common targets of a health care fraud investigation. As we have stated before, this list is certainly not all-inclusive and any individual, business, facility, or entity in the healthcare industry can be the subject of health care fraud criminal charges. If a person submits a false claim to a federal health care program, even if they do not realize that the claim will be classified as false, they may end up as the subject of a Medicare or Medicaid fraud investigation.
Criminal penalties for Medicare or Medicaid fraud may include one or more of the following:
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines
Up to 10 years in prison for each count of Medicare or Medicaid fraud
Up to 20 years in prison for each count of Medicare or Medicaid fraud that resulted in serious bodily harm
Life sentence behind bars if the Medicare or Medicaid fraud results in the death of the patient
Updated: October 2, 2019 2:25 pm
Published on: July 1, 2019
Pasco County Man Convicted in Medicare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury found the owner of a Tampa Bay area medical marketing company guilty on Thursday for his role in a $2.2 million-plus Medicare fraud scheme involving the payment of kickbacks and bribes to medical clinics in Miami in exchange for the referral of DNA swabs that were obtained from Medicare beneficiaries.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez of the Middle District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Michael McPherson of the FBI's Tampa Field Office and Assistant Inspector General Shimon Richmond of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General's (HHS-OIG) Miami Regional Office made the announcement.
After a four-day trial, the 49-year-old Land o' Lakes man and owner of DBL Management LLC was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks and one count of structuring currency transactions to avoid reporting requirements.
The man is expected to be sentenced Oct. 2 by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew of the Middle District of Florida, who presided over the trial.
According to the evidence presented at trial, the man was paid by Clinical Laboratory Company A for each DNA swab that he arranged to be referred to the laboratory. In order to obtain DNA swabs, the man paid cash kickbacks and bribes to medical clinics in Miami in exchange for the referral of DNA swabs that were obtained from Medicare beneficiaries. The man directed the owners of the medical clinics to collect the DNA of all of the patients at the clinics, regardless of medical necessity.
In the first phase of the scheme, from November 2013 to May 2014, the evidence at trial showed that the man paid these cash kickbacks directly. In the second phase of the scheme, from May 2014 to November 2014, after his arrest on other charges, the man established shell companies, including Healthcare Marketing Florida of Melbourne, and conspired with nominee owners to facilitate the payment of kickbacks, receipt of fraud proceeds, and transfer of unlawfully obtained DNA samples for medically unnecessary testing. Over the course of the entire conspiracy, Clinical Laboratory Company A submitted more than $2.2 million in genetic testing claims and paid the man a percentage of the Medicare reimbursements that it received.
The evidence at trial showed that, in order to conceal his payment of illegal cash kickbacks, the man would travel to different ATMs and bank branches throughout southern Florida and make separate withdrawals of thousands of dollars in cash in order to avoid the filing of U.S. Department of Treasury "currency transaction reports" for an individual withdrawal of more than $10,000.
The man was previously found guilty by a jury in December 2015 of various health care fraud, money laundering and identity theft charges in a case handled by the Criminal Division's Fraud Section.
He is currently serving 14 years in prison.
The state of Florida, along with every other state, is constantly looking for ways to bring in additional revenue and to cut the rapidly growing costs of Medicare and Medicaid programs, which is why they are going to such great lengths to uncover potential Medicaid and Medicare fraud and abuse cases.
In the majority of cases, Medicare fraud involves using false information to obtain unauthorized benefits, and can take a variety of forms, but it typically involves defrauding the Medicare system through billing for services that were not provided or that were not provided as described. Medicare beneficiaries are sometimes involved in fraud schemes where they split the Medicare or Medicaid funds with another party for care that was not provided.
A number of programs exist at both the state and federal level to uncover and prosecute cases of Medicare fraud by patients, providers, insurers, or owners of a company in the healthcare industry.
Medicare and Medicaid costs the federal government between $80 and $100 billion each year, so government investigators make it their top priority to constantly be on the lookout for any red flags. The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) is one tool that the government uses to prosecute actions of fraud. The AKC makes it a crime to give or receive bribes or kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals.
The penalties for violating the AKS are very serious. The AKS is a criminal statute, and a conviction equates to a felony. A conviction under the AKS can lead to five years in prison and fines of $25,000 per violation. The government can also seek hefty financial penalties of $50,000 for each violation of the AKS.
Posted in: Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and Pasco County
Updated: July 1, 2019 8:34 pm
Feds Allegedly Bust $1.2 Million Medicare Scam
The Justice Department announced charges against 24 people across the U.S., including doctors accused of writing bogus prescriptions for unneeded back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces.
Others charged included owners of call centers, telemedicine firms and medical equipment companies.
The Health and Human Services inspector general's office said the alleged scam morphed into multiple related schemes, fueled by kickbacks among the parties involved. The FBI, the IRS, and 17 U.S. attorney's offices took part in the crackdown. Arrests were made Tuesday morning.
Medicare's anti-fraud unit said it's taking action against 130 medical equipment companies implicated. They allegedly billed the program a total of $1.7 billion, of which more than $900 million was paid out.
Telemarketers would apparently reach out to seniors offering "free" orthopedic braces, also advertised through television and radio ads. Beneficiaries who expressed interest would be patched through to call centers involved in the alleged scheme. Officials described an "international telemarketing network" with call centers in the Philippines and throughout Latin America.
The call centers would verify seniors' Medicare coverage and transfer them to telemedicine companies for consultations with doctors.
The doctors would allegedly write prescriptions for orthopedic braces, regardless of whether the patients needed them or not. In some cases several braces were prescribed for the same patient.
The call centers would collect prescriptions and sell them to medical equipment companies, which would ship the braces to beneficiaries and bill Medicare. Medical equipment companies would get $500 to $900 per brace from Medicare and would pay kickbacks of nearly $300 per brace.
The alleged scam was detected last summer, officials said. Complaints from beneficiaries were pouring in to the Medicare fraud hotline, and some consumer news organizations warned seniors.
Officials said it's one of the biggest frauds the inspector general's office has seen. Charges were being brought against defendants in California, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.
Medicare is a federal health care program that provides insurance benefits to seniors. Nationally, over 50 million people receive Medicare benefits. Due to Medicare fraud increasing in recent years, federal investigators and prosecutors have been on the hunt for anyone suspected of Medicare fraud. Whether it was the result of an intentional plan, an oversight, or the actions of your staff and/or employee, being charged with Medicare fraud can wreak havoc on your life. Medicare fraud is a serious crime that may result in several years in federal prison, along with significant fines and a permanent criminal record.
Being charged with Medicare fraud can be frightening and overwhelming. Federal charges must be handled by a lawyer who has experience in this specific field. Our Florida Medicare Fraud Attorneys at Whittel & Melton have the knowledge and skill you need to bring a powerful defense against the health care fraud charges you face.
Posted in: Criminal, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and White Collar Crime
Five Tampa Men Charged in Alleged Billion-Dollar Health Care Rip Off
Five Tampa Bay area residents are facing charges due to an alleged billion-dollar telemedicine scheme.
Starting in 2015, the men and their pharmacy companies are accused of setting up an elaborate scheme that fraudulently solicited insurance coverage information and prescriptions from tens of thousands of consumers across the country, according to a 40-page indictment. They then are accused of using the information to sell pain creams and other similar products.
Doctors apparently approved the prescriptions not knowing that the men and their companies had "massively marked up the prices" of the invalidly prescribed drugs, federal prosecutors said. For instance, several of the pharmacies paid $27 for a lidocaine numbing ointment and billed up to $381, an increase of more than 1,300 percent.
Police allege the men "directed their employees to 'test bill' or 'phish' for the highest reimbursement items" to ensure the most profit. According to the indictment, "These employees routinely submitted claims … for this purpose, contrary to one of more provider agreements."
Federal prosecutors believe the alleged scheme bilked $174 million from private health care companies, including Blue Cross Blue Shield. In addition, the five men and their companies allegedly submitted at least $931 million in fraudulent claims.
The five men and their companies face a total of 32 counts. All four men were charged with mail fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud and introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison for each mail fraud charge, up to 10 years for each conspiracy charge and up to three years for the third charge. They and their companies could also be required to forfeit up to $154 million.
Last week, four of the men were released on bond after appearing in a federal courtroom in Tampa's Middle District of Florida. The indictment was filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
The fifth man charged has already pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy for his role in the case, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tennessee.
He also pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in a separate case.
While the man faces up to 5 years in prison for each conspiracy charge, helping federal prosecutors with the case against the other men could help reduce his sentence.
At Whittel & Melton, our Tampa Bay area Health Care Fraud Defense Attorneys handle criminal cases in Tampa and throughout the U.S. We represent health care practitioners, including doctors, nurse practitioners, therapists, clinics, hospitals, providers of medical equipment and billing companies facing criminal charges with the federal government, including:
Overbilling for services
Billing for services or tests not rendered
Prescribing unnecessary or additional services in order to bill more
Incorrectly reporting diagnoses, treatments or procedures to increase payments
Unbundling billed services
Using false billing codes
Submitting duplicate claims
Changing dates, services or names of patients on claims
Altering medical records or reports
Referral kickbacks or self-referrals
Health care fraud may be investigated by the FBI, the state Attorney General's office, U.S. Postal Service or the Office of the Inspector General. Regardless of what department your case is being pursued by, we can apply the best possible defense strategy with the hopes of securing the best possible outcome.
Posted in: Criminal, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and Pinellas County
Clearwater Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
A Clearwater doctor has pleaded guilty to one count of health-care fraud and has agreed to surrender her DEA registration number, her Florida medical license and to a permanent exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to the justice department.
The 66-year-old woman violated a Florida law that requires doctors to perform an in-person office visit and examine the patient before prescribing a Schedule II controlled substance, according to the Department of Justice.
The woman owned a pain management clinic on Druid Road East in Clearwater.
From as early as July 2011 through December 2017, she billed Medicare for face-to-face patient visits to prescribe controlled substances like oxycodone, but some of those visits didn't take place on those dates, according to the Department of Justice. Instead, she filled the prescriptions for patients' families who came by her office, without examining the patients.
She also submitted at least $51,500 false and fraudulent Medicare claims, according to a department of justice news release.
The case was investigated by the Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit.
Being a healthcare professional means you are subject to extensive regulations and civil statutes. If you fail to comply with the current health care regulations, you can expect to be the target of a federal prosecution. Our Tampa Bay Medicare Fraud Defense Attorneys at Whittel & Melton can help you fight allegations of health care fraud, including allegations relating to:
Medicaid fraud
Billing fraud
Kickbacks and Gratuities
Prosecutors also file charges against health care providers who allegedly lie about the number of patients they treat or the types of services they perform. We are ready and able to defend doctors and other healthcare professionals who find themselves wrapped up in such inquiries.
Posted in: Criminal, Drug Crimes, Federal Crime, Hillsborough County, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and White Collar Crime
Columbus Doctor Indicted in Florida in Nation's Largest Healthcare Fraud Investigation
A Columbus doctor has been indicted as part of the nation's largest health-care fraud enforcement action by the federal government, according to reports.
The 44-year-old Columbus podiatrist was indicted on June 19 in the Southern District of Florida and charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and receive health-care kickbacks and three counts of receiving health-care kickbacks.
The man's charges are part of a broader investigation by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force and includes 601 defendants across 58 federal districts, including 76 doctors, as well as nurses and other licensed medical professionals. They are accused of participating in health-care fraud schemes involving approximately $2 billion in false billings.
According to the man's indictment, he allegedly received kickback payments from PGRX, a Weston, Fla.-based business that recruited and paid doctors to prescribe compounded medications for TRICARE and private commercial insurance beneficiaries.
During the course of the conspiracy, the man and his co-conspirators allegedly signed false medical director and speaker agreements in order to conceal that PGRX was paying the defendant for writing prescriptions, according to the indictment. As a result of these prescriptions, TRICARE made payments to Atlantic Pharmacy, a pharmacy located in the Southern District of Florida.
Medicare fraud is classified as a felony as well as a federal crime that carries some pretty steep penalties, both criminal and civil. The monetary liabilities can be huge. The possibility of being held accountable for Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and other health care fraud means you need to be proactive in your defense strategy and seek expert legal help right away. You could be branded a criminal and lose everything you have worked so hard to create in your career as a medical professional.
Regardless of how organized your practice and its operations are, the chances of being audited by Medicare are quite real, especially if you have a successful practice and submit high volume claims to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Keep this in mind: according to government statistics, claims of approximately $50 billion per year are considered suspicious and subject to Medicare fraud investigation.
Posted in: Federal Crime, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and White Collar Crime
Florida Medicare Fraud Defense Lawyer: Doctor and 2 Nurses Found Guilty
A physician and two nurses have been convicted of health care fraud in what authorities claim was a $12 million plus Medicare billing scam.
On Friday, a federal jury in Dallas convicted a 70-year-old doctor and a 47-year-old nurse of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Both were also convicted of three counts of health care fraud.
Another nurse, 42, was convicted of four counts of health care fraud.
Prosecutors believe the scheme ran from 2007 through 2015. The trio was convicted of defrauding Medicare through false claims through a home health agency and a physician house call company. Evidence showed medically unnecessary home health services were ordered and often not provided.
Sentencing is pending.
The government is aggressively cracking down on Medicare fraud throughout the country like never before. These cases usually mean the government has been investigating a clinic, doctor or facility for months, maybe even years. The government performs a hard investigation into patients' procedures and billing to find any errors. At Whittel & Melton, our Medicare Fraud Defense Attorneys are here to protect you from the consequences of a conviction. We will help you fight Medicare fraud charges head on.
The most common types of Medicare fraud charges include:
False invoicing
Improper coding
Billing for medical services not provided to the patient
Charging for unbundled services
Charging for medical devices not provided
Billing for patients that do not exist
Multiple billings of the same procedure
Posted in: Criminal, Federal Crime, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and White Collar Crime
Updated: June 26, 2018 9:47 am
Fort Myers Doctor Admits Involvement in $470K Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Fort Myers doctor has apparently admitted to defrauding taxpayer-supported Medicare and Tricare by receiving kickbacks for prescribing certain durable medical equipment and pain medications.
The doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to taking more than $470,000 in illegal payments from the supplies and pharmacy businesses between 2010 and 2016, court documents show.
Investigators say the physician paid medical supplier A&G Spinal Solutions $50,000 to put his wife on their payroll and give her 10 percent of the profit stemming from equipment referrals he made to them.
According to related court documents, two co-conspirators and managing partners in the supply business needed the money to pay a tax bill of that same amount. Both have pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme.
The physician also put together a similar arrangement with an unnamed co-conspirator to receive a share of prescription sales, according to reports.
Finally, between 2013 and 2015, the doctor allegedly received kickbacks from sales representatives and other employees to receive fees for his participation in "largely bogus" speaker event programs, the plea agreement states.
Medicare fraud charges are not uncommon in today's times. Thousands of unsuspecting and innocent health care providers are forced to defend their actions or face serious criminal consequences every day. Many of these investigations are the result of unfair and overzealous state and federal officials. These federal agents and regulators, who specialize in health care fraud, will raid a practice and demand health care records, computers, etc. and then tell the doctors they are basically out of business. The important thing to understand is that you must assert your rights.
The best reaction you can have is to call an attorney that is skilled in health care fraud. Our Florida Medicare Fraud Defense Attorneys specialize in health care fraud and can establish a strong defense against these allegations. We understand that healthcare providers are dedicated to their line of work and deserve the most powerful defense when their integrity and actions are called into question.
Posted in: Criminal, Lee County, Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and White Collar Crime
Updated: May 29, 2018 7:20 pm


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Clean Energy Report Highlights ScottMadden in Article, "New Report Eyes EPA Climate Rules as 'Back Door' to National RPS"
ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America's leading energy consulting firms, was recently featured by John Siciliano, a reporter on Inside EPA's Clean Energy Report, in his article, "New Report Eyes EPA Climate Rules as 'Back Door' To National RPS."
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"A new report by energy consulting firm ScottMadden says EPA's climate rules for existing power plants could serve as a 'back door' to establishing a national renewable energy standard and help some states, whose renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) are under attack, retain their standards as a means of complying with the agency's rules."
Mr. Siciliano continues, "The EPA's Clean Power Plan may function as back door federal RPS as the policy will encourage states to consider maintaining or expanding current RPS requirements" in response to the individual targets laid out by the climate rules, according to a summary of the firm's Summer 2014 Energy Industry Update."
"The report, released August 25, examines a variety of federal and state efforts driving the utility industry to develop cleaner and less-carbon-intensive resources. It describes EPA's existing source performance standards for greenhouse gases, as well as its separate air toxics rules, as the most powerful drivers of change for the sector," he added.
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Since 1983, we have been energy consultants. We have served more than 300 clients, including 20 of the top 20 energy utilities. We have performed more than 2,400 projects across every energy utility business unit and every function. We have helped our clients develop strategies, improve operations, reorganize companies, and implement initiatives. Our broad and deep energy utility expertise is not theoretical—it is experience based.
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