Last week, the government submitted its decision to the federal court not to retry partially-acquitted pharmacy executive, Chad Beene, for conspiracy and illegal kickback allegations. At the end of last year, a New Jersey...more
1/24/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
White Collar Crimes
The HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a Special Fraud Alert to inform health care professionals (“providers”) and Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) about the OIG’s view of potentially abusive marketing...more
Recent legal developments in Alabama demonstrate that fertility care stakeholders should prepare for additional state regulation of in vitro fertilization (“IVF”) and other assisted reproductive technology (“ART”) services in...more
4/22/2024
/ AL Supreme Court ,
Alabama ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Fertility Treatments ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Human Embryos ,
Minors ,
Patient Access ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Wrongful Death
A new Texas law will go into effect on September 1, 2023 that is directly aimed at curbing the discretion of local prosecutors in deciding which classes or types of cases they choose not to pursue....more
On December 1, 2022, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a staff report describing the poor performance of the financial technology companies that took a prominent role in administering the...more
As a product of the Department of Justice’s newly minted Corporate Crime Advisory Group, the DOJ has issued follow-up guidance to its October 2021 memo on corporate criminal enforcement, which reinstated prior guidance...more
Co-Location and the Provider-Based Rules – No News is…Good News?
On July 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") released the 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule (“OPPS Proposed...more
9/15/2022
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Critical Access Hospitals ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) ,
Payor Contracts ,
Surprise Medical Bills
In August, President Biden signed two bills into law that give the Department of Justice and other federal agencies more time to investigate and prosecute Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and COVID-19 Economic Injury...more
Whether you are new to medical staff leadership or have served in the past and have been called to serve again, there are times when you will need to consult a lawyer who specializes in medical staff matters. While there is...more
9/1/2022
/ Abortion ,
ADEA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Patient Access