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In Biggest Stark-Based FCA Settlement Ever, Indiana Hospital Pays $345M, Has Unusual CIA

Community Health Network (CHN) in Indiana has agreed to pay $345 million to settle false claims allegations that it paid over-the-top salaries to hundreds of physicians and rewarded them for their referrals in violation of...more

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CMS Proposes Overhaul of Clinical Lab Payment Methodology: What You Need To Know

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On Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a long-awaited proposed rule that would drastically change the payment rates for clinical laboratory services beginning January 1, 2017 (the “Proposed...more

Stinson LLP

HHS Issues Fraud Alert on Medical Directorship Relationships - Hospitals and Physicians Need to Review Agreements to Prevent a...

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On June 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a Fraud Alert regarding recent settlements with 12 individual physicians who were party to questionable medical...more

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SGR Fix Bill Includes Important Change to Gainsharing CMP

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President Obama recently signed into law Public Law No. 114-10, the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015” (P.L. 114-10), which overhauls Medicare physician reimbursements by eliminating the use of the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Enforcement in 2015: A Look Back on 2014 and Forecasting the Year Ahead

In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care in April 2011, the now-pending nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Loretta E. Lynch, stated in no uncertain terms that “fighting health...more

King & Spalding

OIG: Cardiac Catheterization Arrangement Between Hospital and Physicians Not Subject to Sanctions

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On January 7, 2013, HHS OIG published a favorable advisory opinion on a management arrangement between a hospital and a cardiology group related to the provision of certain cardiac catheterization services at the hospital. ...more

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