On February 26, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a significant False Claims Act (FCA) ruling in United States of America ex rel. Cheryl Taylor v. Healthcare Associates of Texas, LLC,...more
4/21/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
Damages ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Eighth Amendment ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Overpayment ,
Settlement
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) recently released its FY 2016 Work Plan, in which it identified key areas of focus for the upcoming year. Consistent with its mandate to detect...more
Millennium Health, one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing laboratories, has agreed to pay the government $256 million to resolve claims that it violated the Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”).
The Settlement...more
11/3/2015
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Corporate Integrity Agreement ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Testing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Health Care Programs (FHCP) ,
Genetic Testing ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Qui Tam ,
Stark Law ,
Whistleblowers