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Environmental Criminal Enforcement/Alleged Water Samples Falsification: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Announces Tumwater,...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a June 16th news release stating that Clearwater Utility Services of Tumwater, Washington, and its owner pleaded guilty to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 19, Number 5. In This Month's E-News: May 2022

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 5 (May, 2022) - Nearly a decade after irregularities were first noticed in clinical trials that ultimately led to a misconduct finding and a guilty plea for embezzlement, the HHS...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

NSF Award Mismanagement, Publication Ban Among Costly Actions by Researchers

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 1 (January, 2022) - During the second half of fiscal year 2021, which ended Sept. 30, the National Science Foundation (NSF) collected more than $2.5 million from six universities and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 11. In This Month’s E-News: November 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 11 (November, 2021) - A professor in the University of Washington (UW) College of Engineering allegedly falsified award documents submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 10. In This Month’s E-News: October 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) - An audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) pre-award risk assessment process concluded that...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 7. In This Month’s E-News: July 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 7 (July 2021) - In a review of more than 500 NIH awards, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that about one-fifth were funded “out of rank order,” and for more than a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 6. In This Month’s E-News: June 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) - Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 3 (March 2021) - ◆ A former post-doctoral fellow at the McGovern Medical School, part of the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center, admitted to committing research misconduct...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 2. In This Month's E-News: February 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 2 (February 2021) - A National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of five Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) awards to the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 25. News Briefs: July 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 25 (July 13, 2020)  -  Ophthalmic Consultants PA in Sarasota, Florida, agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle false claims allegations that it billed Medicare and other federal payers...more

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Health Care Enforcement Year-in-Review and 2020 Outlook: Criminal Case Developments

As discussed in our article recently published by Law360, criminal health care enforcement in 2019 was in many ways a continuation of 2018, with opioid-related enforcement continuing to be the clear top priority for the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 16, Number 12. In This Month's E-News: December 2019

Report on Research Compliance 16, no. 12 (December 2019) - NIH is seeking comment on a proposed policy for data management and sharing, as well as two related guidance documents that together seek to “promote effective and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Telemedicine company owner pleads guilty

Compliance Today (November 2019) - On September 6, 2019, the US Department of Justice announced in a press release, “The owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of a telemedicine company pleaded guilty today for his role...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 37. News Briefs - October 2019 #2

California physician Donald Woo Lee was found guilty Oct. 17 for his role in providing medically unnecessary procedures to Medicare beneficiaries, upcoding, and repackaging single-use catheters for re-use, the Department of...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Inpatient Rehabilitation Company Agrees to Pay $48 Million to Resolve FCA

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DOJ News - Inpatient Rehabilitation Company Agrees to Pay $48 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations - DOJ announced that Encompass Health Corporation (f/k/a HealthSouth Corporation), the nation’s largest operator of...more

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Insys Bankruptcy Filing Immediately After Global Settlement Triggers Powerful Remedies

Over the last two years, much of the healthcare world has been watching the government’s prosecution of Insys Therapeutics for its sales and marketing practices related to its Subsys spray. Subsys is powerful and highly...more

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Key Takeaways: Fourth Annual Seminar for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Companies

On October 5, 2016, Skadden hosted its Fourth Annual Seminar for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Companies. The seminar focused on the current and developing challenges facing such companies and included...more

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