On January 9, 2020, DOJ announced it recovered more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. DOJ...more
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On December 8, 2018, ProPublica and The New York Times published an article describing failures by several prominent physicians to disclose their financial relationships with drug companies in studies they published in...more
On November 1, 2018, CMS issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) which finalizes numerous changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”), the Quality Reporting Program, and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”). ...more
On December 4, 2017, the DOJ announced a $7.5 million settlement with Pine Creek Medical Center, a Dallas-based physician-owned hospital. The settlement resolves allegations that the hospital paid physicians kickbacks in the...more
On April 18, 2017, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida adopted the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and granted BayCare Health System’s (BayCare’s) motion for summary judgment. The...more
On September 16, 2016, approximately 112 congressional representatives submitted a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell and CMS acting Administrator Andy Slavitt requesting that CMS not implement its proposal...more