On November 5, 2019, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled on a motion to dismiss a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam suit filed by the United States Department of Justice, long after it...more
12/11/2019
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Inpatient Billing ,
Medicare ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Outpatient Services ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Summary Judgment ,
Two-Midnight Rule
Nearly a decade after the Affordable Care Act signaled a transition of the U.S. health care system to value-based care, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published on October 9 two long-awaited proposed rules...more
10/14/2019
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Life Sciences ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Safe Harbors ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care ,
Value-Based Payments