The federal government has demonstrated that it is more than willing to use the United States criminal code to prosecute home care agencies that pay unlawful financial inducements to generate referrals in violation of the...more
8/8/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) ,
Home Health Care ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
OIG ,
Penalties
On July 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group to strengthen “their ongoing collaboration to advance...more
7/11/2025
/ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Penalties ,
Whistleblowers
On Tuesday, February 27, the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, will be presented by Rivkin Radler Partners, Geoffrey Kaiser and Benjamin Malerba. The program, “Prohibitions on...more
Please join us for the first Lunch and Learn of 2023, as Geoffrey Kaiser and Jeffrey Ehrhardt present on the OIG.
The program will:
1. Discuss select Advisory Opinions from last year on a variety of topics,...more
12/16/2022
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Genetic Testing ,
Gift-Cards ,
Health Care Providers ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Subsidies ,
Technology ,
Webinars
With the proliferation of precision and individualized medicine, genetic testing and counseling will likely remain on the radar of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the...more