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Rivkin Radler LLP

NY Acupuncturist Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud in NJ

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A New York acupuncturist recently admitted to billing Amtrak’s health care benefit plan for services that were never provided and were medically unnecessary. From January 2019 through June 2022, Punson Figueroa of Long Island...more

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Better Health Care Newsletter - March 2024

Is Medicare Advantage really a Disadvantage for seniors and taxpayers? Our nation is graying rapidly. Every day, 10,000 baby boomers, members of one of the largest generations in U.S. history, hit the traditional...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Supreme Court To Decide Standard For Government Dismissal Of False Claims Act Cases

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The Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case that will decide two important questions under the False Claims Act (FCA).  In United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., the Relator asks the Court to...more

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As DOJ Focuses on Medicare Advantage Reimbursement, So Should Health Care Providers

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Over the past year, the federal government has taken concrete steps to fulfill its promise of a heightened commitment to investigating and enforcing health care fraud within the Medicare Advantage program (Medicare Part C). ...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

DOJ Intervenes in Another Medicare Advantage FCA Suit

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On September 13, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) intervened in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) suit alleging that a health insurer defrauded the government by submitting false patient data to wrongfully inflate payments...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

$1 Million Settlement Reached in AseraCare FCA Case

In an action especially significant to hospice providers but also other healthcare providers regarding the determinations of medical necessity for Medicare billing purposes, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and AseraCare...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 11th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - July 22nd-23rd

ACI’s 11th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation will be offered in a virtual format this year to help you make sense of these developments, and their profound impact for managed care....more

Holland & Knight LLP

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California Court Of Appeal Holds That Disclosure Of Confidential Information Protected By Anti-SLAPP Statute

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A recent California Court of Appeal decision held that the receipt, retention and dissemination of confidential information by a whistleblower’s attorney is protected by the state’s anti-SLAPP statute. MMM Holdings, Inc. v....more

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Fourth Circuit Affirms Health Care Fraud Convictions for Billing Insurers for Medically Unnecessary Services

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Fourth Circuit found that the medical necessity of a given service constitutes a material element of representations regarding submissions for payment, potentially providing payors with another legal...more

The Volkov Law Group

Double Whammy for United Healthcare: Two False Claims Act Cases in Two Weeks

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The False Claims Act is the government’s weapon of choice in fighting healthcare fraud. In the beginning of the Obama Administration, Congress amended the False Claims Act and enacted a wish list from DOJ prosecutors. ...more

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Insurer Actions Cut the Heart Out of Out-of-Network Providers

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Aetna Life Insurance Company recently won a $37 million verdict against a group of Northern California surgical centers, Bay Area Surgical Management, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, Bay Area), for an alleged...more

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Aetna vs. BASM: Pigs Get Fat and Hogs Get Slaughtered

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On April 13, 2016, a jury in Santa Clara, California awarded Aetna, Inc. $37.4 million from Bay Area Surgical Management, LLC (“BASM”), six of its affiliated surgery centers and its three principals. Aetna had accused the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Masked Man Robs Government; Faces 10 Years

The mask itself didn’t raise any suspicions. After all, the man wearing it—Richard Toussaint–was an anesthesiologist. But like so many other masked men, he turned out to be a thief. That’s why on March 4 he was convicted in...more

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