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Seven Tips to Protect Your Facility from a False Claims Act Lawsuit

by Amy McCracken | Duane Morris LLP on 4/8/2013

The False Claims Act is a federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies who make false claims for payment to the federal government. Many states have similar laws. The Act encourages whistleblowers to file suit...more

HEALTH REFORM: OIG Issues Updated Guidelines for Evaluating State False Claims Acts: Is More State Litigation on the Horizon?

by George Breen, Daniel C. Fundakowski, Wendy C. Goldstein | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/1/2013

On March 15, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released the Updated OIG Guidelines for Evaluating State False Claims Acts (“2013 Guidelines”), which replaces the...more

OIG Issues Updated Guidelines on State False Claims Laws

by King & Spalding on 3/21/2013

On March 15, HHS OIG issued updated guidelines regarding how it will evaluate State false claims acts. Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, States became eligible for financial incentives (i.e., retaining a larger share...more

Amendments to California False Claims Act Expand Potential Exposure to Government Investigations and Litigation

by Kristina Starr Azlin, John Canale, Vince Farhat | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/9/2013

On September 27, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 2492 (AB 2492), which amends the California False Claims Act (CFCA). These amendments closely align the CFCA with the federal False Claims Act (FFCA)....more

False Claims Act Focus - December 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 12/22/2012

EDITOR’S NOTE - Recent reports from the Department of Justice that it collected a record $4.9 billion under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2012 only underscore what we’ve been seeing in our practice and elsewhere in...more

Sixth Circuit: FERA False Claims Act Amendment Applies Retroactively to Cases Pending as of June 7, 2008

by John Hynes | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/27/2012

On November 2, 2012, the Sixth Circuit held that a 2009 amendment Congress made to the liability provisions of the False Claims Act ("FCA") applies retroactively to civil FCA cases pending as of June 7, 2008. U.S. ex rel....more

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