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King & Spalding

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Concluding Bonuses to Employed Physicians Are Not Kickbacks

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Earlier this month, OIG issued Advisory Opinion 23-07, a favorable opinion regarding an employer’s proposal to pay bonuses to its employed physicians based on net profits derived from certain procedures performed by the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. - Hunter College Whistleblower: Suit Was to End ‘Luxury Vacations, Fraud...

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. February 23, 2023 - To those who say whistleblowers are only interested in the money a settlement can bring, meet Devin English. An assistant professor in the Department of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Vitality of the Employee Exemption to the Anti-Kickback Statute

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On Aug. 7, 2018, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a whistleblower case brought under the federal False Claims Act. The principal grounds for affirmance was a finding that the employee exemption to...more

Baker Donelson

Vitas Hospice and Chemed Corporation Settle Largest-Ever FCA Claim Against a Hospice

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Vitas Hospice, the largest for-profit hospice chain in the United States, and its owner, Chemed Corporation, agreed to pay $75 million to settle allegations that Vitas Hospice submitted false claims for hospice services...more

Carlton Fields

Health Care Fraud and Abuse in the Middle District of Florida in 2016 - a Year in Review

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The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Middle District of Florida (USAO-MDFL) prosecuted several civil health care fraud matters in 2016 and issued related press releases. A review of the USAO-MDFL’s criminal and...more

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