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MedMal Plaintiff Uses Anti-Kickback and Stark to Avoid Summary Judgment

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A federal court recently allowed a plaintiff’s state law negligence claim, which utilized the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”) as legal support to survive a motion for...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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Third Circuit Rejects False Claims Act Theory that Anti-Kickback Violations "Taint" All Related Claims

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The Situation: A provision in the False Claims Act ("FCA") had clarified when Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS") violations can make a claim false, but the provision's rule of per se falsity does not answer when a claim "result[s]...more

Baker Donelson

Court Puts the Brakes on Whistleblower's FCA Parking Claims

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) reports that, in fiscal year 2016 ending September 30, it obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims. More than half of this...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Beware of Nurses Bearing Gifts

Alisia and David blew the whistle on their former employer, Nurses’ Registry & Home Health, for sending gift baskets and ticket events to doctors who referred patients to the home health operation. Their qui tam suit alleged...more

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There is No Such Thing as a “Free” Urine Test

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On May 5, 2014, in Ameritox, Ltd. v. Millennium Labs., Inc., [No. 8:11-cv-775-T-24-TBM], 2014 WL 1779267 (M.D. Fla. May 5, 2014), the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted in part and denied in part a...more

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U.S. District Court Finds Halifax Hospital Violated the Stark Law in Summary Judgment

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A United States District Court in the Middle District of Florida recently granted partial summary judgment in favor of the United States in connection with its motion against Halifax Hospital Medical Center (Halifax...more

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