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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

False Claims Act Violations to Become Much Costlier Starting August 1

On June 29, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that penalties for False Claims Act (FCA) violations will increase substantially. The DOJ’s interim final rule nearly doubles the per violation penalty for FCA...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

False Claims Act Penalties Moving Full Steam Ahead

By August 1, 2016, all federal agencies must adjust their civil monetary penalties, including penalties required by the False Claims Act (“FCA”), to account for inflation. Last month, the Railroad Retirement Board, which...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Civil Penalties for False Claims May Nearly Double, Raising the Stakes for Qui Tam Suits

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Federal agencies are now promulgating regulations nearly doubling the per claim civil penalty for False Claims Act violations. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 requires federal agencies to implement a “catch up adjustment”...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 9 - May 2016

NATIONAL - Medicare Proposes New Part B Payment System - The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 27 proposed a new rule that would transform Medicare Part B reimbursement to practitioners into...more

BakerHostetler

Caution: False Claims Act Penalties Poised to Double

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A preview of the effects that a provision in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 will have on healthcare providers came to light this week when the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) published an interim final rule implementing...more

Polsinelli

Bipartisan Budget Act Raises Stakes For FCA Defendants to All-Time High

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On November, 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“BBA”), a two-year budget deal that funds the government through the 2017 fiscal year. A relatively inconspicuous provision of the BBA,...more

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