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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 41. News Briefs - November 2019 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 41 (November 18, 2019) - -  North Carolina physician Damian Brezinski and his medical group, Wilmington Health, agreed to pay $244,000 to settle false claims allegations in connection...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Department of Justice Files First False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Physician-Owned Distributorship

On Sept. 8, 2014, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a 98-page civil complaint alleging that investment returns, paid to a Michigan spinal surgeon and other physicians by a spinal implant company partially...more

Burr & Forman

2013 Healthcare Year In Review

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Bob Dylan's quote from 1964 -- "The Times They Are A-Changin" -- could equally apply to the healthcare industry in 2013. This was the year that the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") came into full public view with the start of the...more

Baker Donelson

OIG Report Concludes that Physician-owned Distributors Increase Utilization

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In response to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance’s continued questioning of physician-owned distributorships (PODs), the U.S. Department Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General issued its long-awaited...more

Morgan Lewis

OIG Comes Down Hard on Physician-Owned Distributorship Arrangements

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Hospitals and physician-owned entities should consider new report’s cost and utilization concerns. On October 24, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Court Sides With CMS Stark Regulations on Physician-Owned Under Arrangement Service Providers

On May 24, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Council for Urological Interests v. Sebelius1 (‘‘CUI’’) sided with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a lawsuit brought by a group of urologists...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Reform Update -- April 2, 2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled. ...more

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