This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more
5/28/2025
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Durable Medical Equipment ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Government Agencies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
New Legislation ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
The year 2023 was historic from a Stark Law enforcement perspective, as we witnessed a resurgence of False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions predicated on Stark Law violations. This increase was capped off in December 2023...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for December 2023. We discuss several civil and criminal enforcement actions that involve alleged violations of the False...more
2/1/2024
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Clinical Trials ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OIG ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Violations
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for March 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more
5/3/2023
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Durable Medical Equipment ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
Florida ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Kickbacks ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Remand ,
Settlement ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion (AO) 23-03, analyzing a proposed arrangement in which a company that manufactures an at-home colon cancer...more
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments on the creation of a national directory of healthcare providers and services that would become a “centralized...more