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4 Things to Know About Ketamine Investigations

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Federal law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), have amped up their investigations into the drug ketamine in recent years, likely in reaction to some high-profile overdose deaths....more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - July 2024

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FTC Investigates Major Dialysis Providers Over Anticompetitive Practices - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care, the largest U.S. dialysis providers, for potentially using...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Anti-Kickback Statute-Based False Claims Act Complaint

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed an order dismissing a qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) suit based on alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”). The appeals court agreed...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Government Announces First FCA Settlement with PPP Lender

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 12, the first-ever False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lender. Prosperity Bank, a Texas-based regional bank, agreed to pay...more

Polsinelli

Eleventh Circuit Rules Probation Sentence “Clear Error of Judgment” for Tricare Fraudster

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Last Monday, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the Middle District of Florida’s sentence of probation for former physician Nicole Bramwell in a $4.4 million Tricare fraud case was substantively unreasonable. The district...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Ongoing Program] Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar: Telehealth, and Government Investigations of Health Care Providers...

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance. This year’s seminar will take place virtually on March 15, March 17, March 22, and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Ongoing Program] Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar: Healthcare Privacy, Criminal and Civil Enforcement in Healthcare...

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance. This year’s seminar will take place virtually on March 15, March 17, March 22, and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Ongoing Program] Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar: COVID-19 Enforcement Trends Panel, Medical Staff and the Quality...

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance. This year’s seminar will take place virtually on March 15, March 17, March 22, and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Ongoing Program] Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar: Recent Developments and New Trends in Fraud & Abuse, and The No...

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance. This year’s seminar will take place virtually on March 15, March 17, March 22, and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Prepare for More Health Care Investigations: A Primer on Navigating Internal and Government Investigations - February...

In FY 2020, the Department of Justice opened 1,079 new civil health care fraud investigations and had 1,498 civil health care fraud matters pending at the end of the fiscal year. The number of investigations targeting the...more

Baker Donelson

Planning for Increased Health-Related Enforcement Efforts in 2022

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has made numerous recent public statements reflecting increased priorities for enforcement, especially in the health care industry. The DOJ has a variety of tools at its disposal to enforce...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Federal Government Targets Providers Administering Amniotic Injections

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The federal government has recently made clear its intention to go after healthcare providers who provide amniotic injections to certain Medicare and Medicaid recipients. Over recent years, the federal government has...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 32. News Briefs: September 2021

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 32 (September 13, 2021) - Saint Francis Medical Center in Missouri agreed to pay $1.625 million in a civil settlement of allegations it violated the Controlled Substances Act, the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Healthcare Headlines Episode 3 - Stay Ready: Trends in Healthcare False Claims Act Investigations

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Episode three of McGuireWoods’ video series “Healthcare Headlines” focuses on trends in False Claims Act investigations across the healthcare industry. Host Amber McGraw Walsh, chair of the firm’s nationally recognized...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 18th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 16th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 11th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 9th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Attempts by Recruiters to Avoid Kickback Prosecutions Using the “Bona Fide Employee” Safe-Harbor Fail

On August 6, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the conviction of a patient recruiter in a Medicare kickback case, finding insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the recruiter was a “bona...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Honolulu, HI - October 8th - 9th, 8:25 am - 1:30 pm HST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Pittsburgh, PA - October 2nd, 8:25 am - 4:55 pm EDT

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] How to Prescribe Opioids to Treat Pain and Avoid Legal Sanction - August 10th, 12:00 pm CT

Learning Objectives: - Learn what triggers a prescriber audit, define “best practice” and discuss state opioid prescribing requirements - Discuss how to effectively respond to a government inquiry/investigation:...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 10. News Briefs: March 2020 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 10 (March 16, 2020) - ? Millennium Physicians Association PLLC, which owns two sleep centers in the Houston area, has paid $1,248,964 to settle false claims allegations over sleep...more

Troutman Pepper

Employers Beware: Federal Court Upholds Aggressive Law Enforcement Tactics When Investigating False Claims Act Allegations

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Before the government decides whether to intervene in a qui tam action, it is obligated by statute to investigate a whistleblower’s allegations. See 31 U.S.C §?3730(a). But, in the course of that investigation, may the...more

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DOJ Goes After The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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A software developer of an electronic health records system utilizing AI is the recent target in a DOJ fraud investigation. On January 27, 2020, the DOJ announced that Practice Fusion, Inc. entered into a deferred...more

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