Amid ongoing policy shifts in Washington, the federal government’s interest in pursuing civil cyber-fraud cases appears to be here to stay. In October 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated its Civil Cyber-Fraud...more
4/3/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Defense Contracts ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DFARS ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
STATISTICAL TRENDS IN FALSE CLAIMS ACT LITIGATION -
FCA case activity for 2021 reveals seemingly contrary trends. For the federal fiscal year (FY) that ended September 30, 2021, the DOJ annual report on FCA enforcement...more
2/11/2022
/ Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Qui Tam ,
Telehealth
On January 19, 2021, significant changes to the regulations implementing the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly known as the Stark Law) went into effect. The sweeping changes come...more
While health care entities often want to provide free or discounted items or services to patients (e.g., free transportation, co-payment waivers, free supplies), these free or discounted items or services pose risk under both...more
On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized significant changes to the regulations implementing the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly known as the Stark...more
11/24/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Beneficiary Inducement ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
DMEPOS ,
Final Rules ,
OIG ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care
On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published two proposed rules (one by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and one by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)) that, if...more
10/22/2019
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Beneficiary Inducement ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Comment Period ,
Cybersecurity ,
EHR ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Reform ,
OIG ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care