On September 30, 2024, a federal district court in Florida held the qui tam enforcement provision of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), which permits private citizens to pursue actions in the name of and on behalf of the...more
10/11/2024
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Article II ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Florida ,
Medicare ,
Officers of the United States ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
SCOTUS ,
Take Care Clause ,
United States ex rel Polansky v Executive Health Resources Inc
Healthcare systems, hospital networks, and other healthcare providers regularly face challenges that may require an internal investigation to determine the root cause of an issue in order to evaluate how best to remediate and...more
11/12/2019
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Audits ,
Best Practices ,
Data Preservation ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Medicare ,
Overpayment ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Witnesses
On August 23, 2016, a New York hospital system settled False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that it violated the 60-day overpayment rule by improperly retaining Medicaid overpayments. The whistleblower alleged that three of the...more
8/30/2016
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Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Comptroller ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Overpayment ,
Overpayment Recovery Time Limits ,
Whistleblowers