The federal government invests significant resources in combating health care fraud and abuse. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released its Strategic Plan...more
The September 23, 2013 deadline for covered entities, business associates and their subcontractors to comply with new HIPAA rules is fast approaching....more
On July 8, 2013, WellPoint, Inc., a managed care company (“WellPoint”), agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine to settle a self-reported breach of HIPAA, a key federal health privacy law, that led to the unauthorized disclosure of...more
In June 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Investigator General (OIG) published a review of its audit of an outpatient therapy services provider. The OIG concluded that the outpatient therapy...more
A recent federal court decision illustrates how “loan” arrangements between physicians and their employers, if not properly structured, may be treated as the payment of taxable compensation and the employers may be hit with...more
In This Issue:
- Third Circuit Panel Liberalizes “Protected Activity” Immunity for Employees Claiming Whistleblower Status
- Doing Time: A Requirement for White Collar Crime?
- Casting a Smaller Net:...more
4/23/2013
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Continuing Medical Education ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
GPOs ,
Protected Activity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Settlement ,
Shareholders ,
Sunshine Act ,
Transparency ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The final regulations implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act take effect April 9, 2013. Pharmaceutical manufacturers, group purchasing organizations, academic medical centers and physicians need to be ready to...more
Physician-owned distributorships continue to attract federal scrutiny. A new OIG Alert highlights health care transactions that make these distributorships vulnerable to enforcement activity.
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The OIG recently posted an Advisory Opinion which concluded that a hospital's proposal to provide free access to an electronic interface between the hospital and area physicians for laboratory and diagnostic services was not...more
On October 30, 2012, the Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services ("OIG") posted an Advisory Opinion stating it would not challenge an arrangement in which a non-profit hospital pays per diem...more