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A recent District of Columbia federal court ruling reminds employers that a severance agreement containing a release of claims under the False Claims Act does not guarantee dismissal of a suit on those grounds....more
Although newly released data from the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) suggests that the Medicare claim appeals backlog might be decreasing, OMHA's case processing time and recent litigation challenging the...more
In 2019, the increased wave of distressed health care companies continued, and with downward pressure on reimbursement rates, regulatory changes, decreased occupancy rates and technological advances, this trend is unlikely to...more
In an August 2019 case argued by Perkins Coie attorneys, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ruled that the automatic stay under section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code bars the Centers for Medicare &...more
In a recent decision, the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, granted a health care provider a preliminary injunction to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") from withholding Medicare payments...more
On July 17, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the D.C. District Court’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit led by the American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and...more
Medicare’s implementation of post-payment review through overly aggressive private contractors, combined with an ineffective review process at the first two levels of the administrative appeal process (redetermination and...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has provided some relief to health care providers seeking to stop Medicare from "recouping" alleged overpayments before the provider can obtain a hearing before an...more
On March 27, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit published an opinion that provides Family Rehabilitation, Inc. (Family Rehab) a second chance to postpone recoupment of about $7.6 million in...more
In Robie v. Price, Dr. Robie successfully obtained a temporary restraining order prohibiting CMS from terminating his Medicare billing privileges prior to the exhaustion of his administrative remedies by the U.S. District...more
The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of two False Claims Act ("FCA") cases brought by private relators against insurance and other companies based on the alleged failure to reimburse the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more
In a detailed opinion that likely constitutes the last word on the matter, the Eleventh Circuit recently held in Fla. Agency for Health Care Administration v. Bayou Shores SNF, LLC that bankruptcy courts lack jurisdiction...more
"Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" Part III - Why it matters: It is time for another installment in our continuing "Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" coverage into the ongoing constitutional challenges to the SEC's...more
Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more
In an opinion dated June 26, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that the bankruptcy court administering the Bayou Shores SNF, LLC (“Debtor” or “Bayou Shores”), chapter 11 proceeding lacked...more