Practitioners who want to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth to patients in Florida must meet the requirements of both federal and state law. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Florida...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement statistics on January 15, 2025, announcing that it had recovered in excess of $2.9 billion from FCA resolutions during Fiscal Year (FY)...more
2/3/2025
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The U.S. government continued to earn its longstanding reputation for its vigorous enforcement of the False Claims Act (FCA) in 2022, either directly or through relator proxies. The Department of Justice (DOJ) recorded the...more
4/18/2023
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The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization represents a sea-change in Constitutional law that has already impacted our country in multiple ways. By overruling Roe v. Wade (1973)...more
8/19/2022
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Currently, providers have different risks of potential False Claims Act (“FCA”) liability depending on where they are geographically located due to the difference in the standards required by the U.S. Courts of Appeals...more
6/17/2022
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Healthcare Fraud ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
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Relators ,
Rule 9(b) ,
Treble Damages
For the first time since 2013, on November 8, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) updated its Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol (“SDP”). The updated SDP makes several...more
Data collected during the coronavirus pandemic shows a disturbing trend of inequities in testing and treatment for COVID-19 among people of color. On July 20, 2020 the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for...more
8/11/2020
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Health Care Providers ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
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Race Discrimination ,
Title VI ,
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