A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD -
While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more
3/13/2018
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Damages ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discovery ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
First-to-File ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Individual Accountability ,
Laboratories ,
Long-Term Care ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Manufacturers ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Necessity ,
Medical Records ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Pleading Standards ,
Protected Activity ,
Public Disclosure ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Retaliation ,
Reverse False Claims ,
Settlement Agreements ,
SNF ,
Specialty Healthcare ,
Stark Law ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar
The FCA provides protections for whistleblowers in connection with their whistleblowing activities. To establish that an employer retaliated against an employee in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h), an employee must...more
The FCA continues to be the federal government’s primary civil enforcement tool for investigating allegations that healthcare providers or government contractors defrauded the federal government. In the coming weeks, we...more
7/7/2017
/ Calculation of Damages ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Damages ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
State Contractors ,
Treble Damages
Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce the release of its fifth annual Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review 2016. The Review, compiled by the firm’s Healthcare Fraud Task Force, is an industry-leading guide to healthcare...more
4/13/2017
/ 60-Day Rule ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Damages ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Implied Certification Theory ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
HITECH Act ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Individual Accountability ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Materiality ,
Medical Devices ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
Overpayment Recovery Time Limits ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Physicians ,
Pleading Standards ,
Public Disclosure ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Retaliation ,
Reverse False Claims ,
Scienter ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Stark Law ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Yates Memorandum