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Health Care Providers Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

FCA Deeper Dive: Developments Regarding Penalties and Damages

The FCA continues to be the federal government’s primary civil enforcement tool for investigating allegations that healthcare providers or government contractors defrauded the federal government. In the coming weeks, we...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Medicare Providers - Beware! CMPs are Increasing

On September 6, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services published an interim final rule which became effective immediately. The new regulation adjusts for inflation the maximum civil monetary penalty (CMP) amounts...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Penalties For Health Care Law Violations Surge

The civil monetary penalties for violations of myriad health care laws continue to rise. In June, we discussed the enormous increase in penalties under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”). Through an interim final rule, the...more

Williams Mullen

Department of Justice Imposes Almost 100% Increase in Minimum and Maximum Monetary Penalties Under FCA

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On June 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced an interim final rule almost doubling per-claim penalties under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). The FCA still imposes treble damages for government losses in...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

DOJ Announces Dramatic Increase in False Claims Act Penalties

On May 6th, we posted about the possibility that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) might dramatically increase False Claims Act (“FCA”) penalties after the Railroad Retirement Board (“RRB”) nearly doubled the per-claim...more

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