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Compliance Compass: The Erlanger Complaint – A Cautionary Reminder About the Importance of FMV

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Although most health care lawyers and compliance officers who review and analyze physician compensation understand that fair market value (FMV) is important, the nuances around FMV are sometimes missed....more

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Investigations Newsletter: Florida Lab Owner Agrees to Pay Over $27 Million to Resolve Three Whistleblower Lawsuits

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Florida Lab Owner Agrees to Pay Over $27 Million to Resolve Three Whistleblower Lawsuits - Daniel Hurt, the prior owner and operator of Fountain Health Services LLC, Verify Health, Landmark Diagnostics LLC, First Choice...more

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2023 False Claims Act Enforcement in Health Care and Life Sciences, Part II

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In February 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the results of its 2023 False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement efforts. Through those efforts, it obtained more than $2.6 billion in overall recoveries, and of that...more

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2023 False Claims Act Enforcement in Health Care and Life Sciences, Part I

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In February 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the results of its 2023 False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement efforts. Through those efforts, the government obtained more than $2.6 billion in overall recoveries,...more

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DOJ and OIG Actions: 2023 Enforcement Trends Recap

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This report reviews notable areas for government enforcement actions during 2023 that were discussed in our monthly Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up reports. In the past year, we saw the relevant federal government enforcement...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

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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Indianapolis Health System to Pay $345 Million to Settle Stark Law Allegations

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Community Health Network, Inc. (“Community Health”) is a non-profit healthcare system with more than 200 hundred affiliated sites throughout central Indiana. As such, Community Health is one of the larger Midwest...more

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OIG Issues General Compliance Program Guidance Updates

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On November 6, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published the General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) as a revised reference guide for the healthcare compliance...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for April 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions related to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - January 27th, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Fair Market Value Defensibility Analysis: Why is It Different from a Fair Market Value Opinion?

Fair market value is a pinnacle issue for compliance under the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. Compensation arrangements that are required to be representative of fair market value under Stark/AKS include employment,...more

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OIG Enforcement Summary: July 1, 2022 – July 15, 2022

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The following is a summary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country.[1]  The enforcement actions reported are...more

The Volkov Law Group

BioReference Laboratories and Parent Company Agree to Pay $9.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations for Illegal...

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When it comes to the healthcare sector, the Justice Department and the HHS-Office of Inspector General have no shortage of investigations and targets for prosecution.  The more resources made available to DOJ and HHS-OIG, the...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January - April 2022 Recap

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This special inaugural issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights noticeable enforcement activity, OIG regulatory developments, CMS regulatory developments and other key developments for healthcare...more

Oberheiden P.C.

6 Frequently Asked Questions with Lab Defense Attorney Nick Oberheiden

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Clinical laboratories have come under increased scrutiny in the past few years, especially those that deal with COVID-19 testing or drug testing. These federal investigations can be surprising and confusing for lab...more

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Texas Hospital Settles Alleged FCA Violations for $18.2 Million

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Flower Mound Hospital Partners LLC, a partially physician-owned hospital in Flower Mound, Texas, agreed to pay $18.2 million to settle its alleged violations of the False...more

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HHS OIG Releases an Updated Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol

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On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a revised Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol, renamed Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol (“SDP”). Prior...more

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HHS Office of Inspector General Issues Important Update to Self-Disclosure Protocol

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For the first time since 2013, on November 8, 2021, the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG” or “OIG”) made a number of significant updates to its Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol...more

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While COVID-19 Takes Center Stage, DOJ Continues to Target Providers for Opioid Epidemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created many new enforcement priorities for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). From selling ineffective personal protective equipment (PPE) to companies fraudulently seeking loan forgiveness under...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2020

Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Healthcare Providers: Please Be Wary of Accepting Those Gifts!

There has been a longstanding and regrettable practice in the healthcare industry of pharmaceutical and medical device companies giving physicians gifts as illegal inducements. Concerned about this continued trend, the U.S....more

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Investigations Newsletter: HHS Announces Formation of FCA Working Group

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HHS Announces Formation of FCA Working Group - On December 4, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it is creating a False Claims Act Working Group to enhance the partnership between...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

DOJ Is Trying to 'Incentivize Higher-Quality Compliance,' Former Official Says

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 44 (December 16, 2019) - One way to find out whether compliance and integrity have seeped into the bones of an organization is asking people who would know. There may be a compliance...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

$24 million settlement resolves False Claims and Stark Law violations involving improper physician arrangements

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that Montana’s Kalispell Regional Healthcare System (KRH) and six subsidiaries and related entities agreed to pay $24 million to resolve allegations that they violated the...more

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