Government Contracting, Health Law, Business Organization

Sending the Privilege Away: Attorney-Client E-Mails in the Corporate Setting

by Amy Garrigues, Bryan Rohm, Mark A. Rush, Joseph Valenti | K&L Gates LLP on 1/8/2013

In a pending False Claims Act (“FCA”) case involving allegations of noncompliance with the federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”), 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn, the United States District Court for the Middle District of...more

Navigating the Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol

by Barbara Taylor | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/29/2012

Providers can voluntarily disclose potential fraud with respect to Federal health care programs — Medicare, Medicaid, and potentially private insurers to the extent Federal or state funds are involved — by following the...more

Mandatory Compliance Programs for Healthcare Companies

by Michael Volkov on 9/28/2012

The healthcare industry always has taken the lead in compliance issues, developing innovative compliance tools and programs. Anti-corruption compliance borrows heavily from many healthcare compliance ideas....more

False Claims Act Compliance and Health Care

by Michael Volkov on 7/25/2012

Doctors and health care service providers are under the False Claims Act microscope. The risks are significant and the costs can be astronomical. For all the obvious risks, doctors, hospitals, PPOs, HMOs, and health care...more

"Violations of Corporate Integrity Agreement Trigger Divestiture Action by HHS OIG"

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/14/2012

In a little-noticed decision, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) has forced a company that violated its corporate integrity agreement (CIA) to divest a subsidiary as a...more

OIG Advisory Opinion 12-06 Disapproves of Proposed Arrangements Between ASCs and Anesthesia Services Providers

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 6/4/2012

In OIG Advisory Opinion 12-06, the OIG determined that two proposed arrangements between an anesthesia services provider (the “Requestor”) and professional corporations (“PCs”) or limited liability companies (“LLCs”) that own...more

Cuomo Issues Executive Order Regarding Limits on Executive Compensation

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 1/20/2012

After withdrawing nearly identical proposed legislation one day earlier, on January 18, 2012, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an Executive Order directing certain New York State agencies, including the Department of...more

ACOs, Bundled Payments, and the Specialist Physician

by The Harlow Group LLC on 9/25/2011

Orthopedic surgeons, like all specialists, need a steady flow of referrals, and adequate reimbursement for services. Health reform is making it harder to succeed. We all need to get smart about ACOs and other shared savings...more

One Year Later: The Impact of Health Care Reform on Health Care Provider Audits and Compliance Programs

by Christopher Laney on 6/1/2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) expands the breadth and depth of Medicare and Medicaid contractor oversight into provider and supplier medical practices. It further requires formal complicance plans of...more

It’s Not Just the Conviction — It’s Also the Consequences

by Jeff Ifrah on 1/11/2011

Attention: top executives in the healthcare industry. Take heed, or you could be forced to seek employment in a different industry, as three former top executives at Purdue Pharma recently found out. In May 2007, Purdue...more

Federal Forecaster: Relevant News For Entities & Individuals With Business Concerns in the Areas of Government Contracts & Grants...

by Reed Smith on 5/20/2010

IN THIS ISSUE: - Suspension and Debarment Is Not a Tool To Punish…Except When It Is — Page 2 - Don’t Forget About D&O Insurance When That Government Subpoena Arrives — Page 5 - New Service Contracting Regulations: Will...more