On June 28, 2024, SCOTUS overturned the long-standing Chevron doctrine in its decision Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce. The Court’s ruling will have a significant impact on...more
7/15/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare ,
Hospice ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
MACs ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
Liability under the False Claims Act can result in potentially enormous payouts to individuals — and sometimes to companies — who alert the government to allegations of health care fraud.
The payouts to the whistleblower...more
INTRODUCTION -
Unlike some recent years, 2018 was somewhat short on headline grabbing news related to the False Claims Act (FCA). There were, to be sure, significant developments in the courts and within the Department of...more
1/18/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dismissals ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Implied Certification Theory ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Retaliation ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum