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Federal Efforts to Incentivize States to Promulgate False Claims Statutes

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The federal False Claims Act (FCA) is widely regarded as a powerful tool to punish fraud against the federal government. Since 1986, the federal government has recovered more than $75 billion from FCA settlements and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In Biggest Stark-Based FCA Settlement Ever, Indiana Hospital Pays $345M, Has Unusual CIA

Community Health Network (CHN) in Indiana has agreed to pay $345 million to settle false claims allegations that it paid over-the-top salaries to hundreds of physicians and rewarded them for their referrals in violation of...more

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Razors Raise Antitrust Worries | $86 Million Mortgage Servicing Settlement | Creative Alleged Tax Avoidance

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2020 AG Elections- Maine AG Aaron Frey was reelected to a second two-year term by a joint convention of the Maine House and Senate. California AG Xavier Becerra was nominated by President-Elect Joe Biden to lead the...more

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DOJ Announces 2019 FCA Recovery, Majority Came from Healthcare Industry

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this month that it obtained over $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil fraud and false claims cases during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 (FY 2019). Of this...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 2. News Briefs: January 2020 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 2 (January 20, 2020) - - The HHS Office of Inspector General has updated its Work Plan, which includes an item on early discharges from inpatient rehabilitation facilities to home...more

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