On December 11, 2024, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued a special fraud alert warning about certain marketing schemes that involve questionable payments and...more
12/18/2024
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Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud Alerts ,
Health Care Providers ,
Marketing ,
Medicare Advantage ,
OIG ,
Telemedicine ,
Third-Party
[co-author: Daniel Weinstein]
In response to widespread cash flow issues resulting from the COVID-19 public health emergency, Congress enacted two key pieces of legislation: the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection...more
6/10/2020
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CARES Act ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ,
Provider Relief Fund ,
SBA ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Whistleblowers
On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued proposed changes to the regulations implementing the Physician Self-Referral Law (the "Stark Law"), the Anti-Kickback Statute (the "AKS"), and the...more
10/15/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
EHR ,
Exceptions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
OIG ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care