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Recent Tenth Circuit Decision in John Q Hammons Fall Following SCOTUS’ Decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald Could Result in Significant Refunds for Certain Chapter 11 Debtors
Nuts and Bolts of a Repayment Investigation: Keys to Conducting Investigations Under the 60-Day Repayment Rule
Hospice Audit Series: The Latest Developments and Strategies for Success in the Ever-changing Audit Landscape
This edition of Qui Tam Quarterly focuses on: - the history of big data in health care FCA investigations and litigation; - how the government has increased its ability to gather health care claims data and use it to...more
Three relatively recent cases involving dermatology billing practices illustrate some of the main compliance risks faced by dermatology practices...more
The threat of federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) liability based on the failure to promptly return overpayments is a relatively new phenomenon, but it is receiving a lot of attention. In 2009, Congress enacted the Fraud...more
Last year continued the trend of robust False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and proliferating qui tam lawsuits brought by whistleblowers on behalf of the United States. In 2012, DOJ...more
The United States Senate and House of Representatives recently introduced bipartisan legislation designed to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The legislation, entitled “Preventing and...more
CMS made more than $100 million in improper payments to providers for healthcare services on behalf of incarcerated and unlawfully present individuals between 2009 and 2011, according to a pair of reports issued on January...more
Sometimes the deck is stacked against you. No matter what you do and how hard you try, you will lose. In the healthcare area, hospitals, doctors and other service providers have to feel the frustration when it comes...more
Win or lose, one out of two clients ask this question after an ALJ hearing: Can we sue the contractors to recoup our legal and other costs? With the recent decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third...more