On July 8, the Antitrust Division of the United States Justice Department (“DOJ Antitrust”) announced a Whistleblowers Rewards Program (“Program”) in partnership with another member of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force,...more
7/16/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investigations ,
Penalties ,
Rewards Programs ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
This year’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown (Takedown) announced recently by the Department of Justice was touted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the largest to date, involving over $14.6 billion in “intended loss”...more
In last year’s edition of EnforceMintz, we predicted that 2024 would bring an increase in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement activity related to COVID-19 pandemic fraud. Those predictions proved correct. The COVID-19 Fraud...more
1/17/2025
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
HRSA ,
Identity Theft ,
Mail Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Provider Relief Fund ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The government’s continued dedication of resources to investigating and prosecuting fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs appears to have borne fruit according to the results of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task...more
4/19/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Healthcare ,
Investigations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
Qui Tam
As predicted, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and other enforcement agencies have acted quickly to bring substantial criminal enforcement actions for fraud against the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Acting Assistant...more
As discussed in our article recently published by Law360, criminal health care enforcement in 2019 was in many ways a continuation of 2018, with opioid-related enforcement continuing to be the clear top priority for the...more
1/23/2020
/ Bribery ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Necessity ,
Medicare Beneficiaries ,
OIG ,
Opioid ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telemedicine