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OIG February 2024 Enforcement Actions

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The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

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Two Recent Federal Court Cases Tackle Three Critical Components of the Anti-Kickback Statute

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Two recently decided federal court cases hone in on the proper interpretation and application of three critical components of the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), namely: •the requirement that a violation of the AKS must...more

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DOJ’s Travel Act Prosecution Yields Convictions for Kickbacks Involving Private Payers

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As detailed in our prior entry, on April 9, 2019, a Forest Park, Texas jury found seven individuals guilty of various charges related to a scheme engaged in by Forest Park Medical Center (“FPMC”). The physician-owned surgical...more

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Hospitals, Doctors (and Others) Beware: DOJ May Apply Travel Act to Healthcare Prosecutions - Arrangements Viewed Under the...

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• A recent federal jury verdict in Dallas affirms the U.S. Department of Justice's determination to extend federal prosecutions to healthcare arrangements involving commercial payers by utilizing the federal Travel Act, which...more

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Feds Two-Step on Texas Sovereignty has Far-Reaching Compliance Implications

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The recent federal grand jury indictment of 21 health care executives, investors, and physicians in connection with the now defunct Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center effectively turned the Texas health care compliance...more

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