The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast: What’s the Latest on UPICs? Highlights from Recent Audit Activity, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
Hospice Insights Podcast - Stories of Successful Hospice Leadership: The CEO and Chief Medical Officer Relationship
Understanding Trends and Challenges in the Behavioral Health Sector
AI in the Operating Room: Liability Issues for Device Makers — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 202: Life Sciences Startups and Industry Developments with Gil Price, Life Sciences Leader
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Healthcare Document Retention
The DEA Is Knocking at Your Door . . . Are You Prepared? – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Rise in Medicare Deactivations: Tips for Avoiding This Financial Pain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 199: Bringing Awareness to Organ and Tissue Donation with Dave DeStefano of We Are Sharing Hope
The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more
Harris Beach invites you to register for its 7 Element compliance program series addressing New York’s 2020 and 2022 updates to Medicaid Compliance Program requirements. Starting on August 16th, each live program will be no...more
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 2 (January 27, 2022) - The trial was to be like any other that the clinical research organization (CRO) would oversee. The six-month study, known as VESTRI, would involve pediatric...more
On November 4, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of several South Florida addiction treatment facility operators following a seven-week trial. ...more
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
Michigan Physician Charged in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy - On February 26, 2020, the Department of Justice announced charges against a Michigan physician for his alleged role in an over $120 million...more
Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries - Health Care Enforcement News - Elder Care Companies Agree to Pay $15.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations - The Department...more
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
• A recent federal jury verdict in Dallas affirms the U.S. Department of Justice's determination to extend federal prosecutions to healthcare arrangements involving commercial payers by utilizing the federal Travel Act, which...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the creation of a Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. Relevant to the contracting and healthcare community, the task force is designed to strengthen the...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the guilty plea of two individual alcohol and substance abuse treatment center owners for their participation in what the DOJ labeled a “multi-million dollar health care...more
Before joining Burr & Forman, I was a federal prosecutor for a little over a decade focusing on health care fraud and general white collar matters. In that role, I was a member of a prosecution team that secured guilty...more
McAfee Report Lists Health Care Sector as Most Targeted Industry for Cyber-Attacks - In its cybersecurity incident report outlining vulnerabilities for the second quarter of 2017, security firm McAfee lists the health care...more
Yesterday the Second Circuit (Cabranes, Wesley, Sessions, D.J.) released an opinion vacating the conviction of Sheldon Silver and remanding the case to the district court for further proceedings including a retrial. The...more
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, the DOJ announced the largest nationwide heath care fraud takedown in history, which resulted in criminal and civil charges against 301 individuals for alleged participation in health care fraud...more
The trend of holding physicians personally responsible for healthcare crimes has continued unabated over the past year. As noted in a previous article, physicians are particularly attractive targets for federal prosecutors...more