Bruce D. Armon

Bruce D. Armon

Saul Ewing LLP


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U.S. District Court Decision Court Treats Physician Loans as W-2 Income Rather Than Bona Fide Debt

A recent federal court decision illustrates how “loan” arrangements between physicians and their employers, if not properly structured, may be treated as the payment of taxable compensation and the employers may be hit with...more

6/5/2013

White Collar Watch - April 2013

In This Issue: - Third Circuit Panel Liberalizes “Protected Activity” Immunity for Employees Claiming Whistleblower Status - Doing Time: A Requirement for White Collar Crime? - Casting a Smaller Net:...more

4/23/2013 - CMS Continuing Medical Education Financial Conduct Authority Fraud GPOs Protected Activity Publicly-Traded Companies Sarbanes-Oxley Settlement Shareholders Sunshine Act Transparency Whistleblower Protection Policies Whistleblowers White Collar Crimes

Highlighting Transparency Through The Federal Sunshine Act Regulations

The final regulations implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act take effect April 9, 2013. Pharmaceutical manufacturers, group purchasing organizations, academic medical centers and physicians need to be ready to...more

4/9/2013 - Affordable Care Act CMS Compliance Final Rules Healthcare Pharmaceutical Physicians Sunshine Act

OIG Places Fraud and Abuse Spotlight on Physician-Owned Entities

Physician-owned distributorships continue to attract federal scrutiny. A new OIG Alert highlights health care transactions that make these distributorships vulnerable to enforcement activity. ...more

3/28/2013 - Anti-Kickback Statute Fraud HHS Medical Devices OIG Physician-Owned Distributors Physicians Sunshine Act

OIG Provides Direction and CMS Seeks Direction Relating to Electronic Activities in the Health Care Delivery System

The OIG recently posted an Advisory Opinion which concluded that a hospital's proposal to provide free access to an electronic interface between the hospital and area physicians for laboratory and diagnostic services was not...more

1/7/2013 - Anti-Kickback Statute CMS Electronic Medical Records Electronics Hospitals OIG Physicians Remuneration

HHS OIG agrees to not challenge certain per diem coverage charge payments to specialist providers providing services to non-profit...

On October 30, 2012, the Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services ("OIG") posted an Advisory Opinion stating it would not challenge an arrangement in which a non-profit hospital pays per diem...more

11/30/2012 - HHS OIG

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