On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed into law the $1.5 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (the “Omnibus Bill”). Included in the 2,700+ page Omnibus Bill is an extension of Medicare coverage of professional...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced that over $5.6 billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments had been reached during the 2021 fiscal year, with over $5 billion of those settlements...more
3/8/2022
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Clinical Laboratories ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Health ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Telehealth
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses and the expanded use of telehealth has appeared to stabilize over the past year according to a July report from McKinsey & Company, Federal agencies have continued the recent trend of...more
9/27/2021
/ Audits ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud Abuse and Waste ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Nurse Practitioners ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine