The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced a modest increase in monetary recoveries for 2024 from investigations and lawsuits under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), which is the Government’s primary tool for combating...more
On September 30, 2024, Judge Mizelle, a federal judge in the Middle District of Florida, ruled that the False Claims Act’s (“FCA”) qui tam enforcement provision is unconstitutional, a ruling that, if followed by other courts,...more
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Polsinelli proudly introduces the Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review, a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape surrounding the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and fraud & abuse enforcement...more
4/12/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Laboratories ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Qui Tam ,
Settlement ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Stark Law
The United States Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case interpreting the False Claims Act (“FCA”) that may affect the government’s involvement in pending and future matters. To resolve a circuit split, the Court will...more
6/30/2022
/ Burden-Shifting ,
Certiorari ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Health Care Programs (FHCP) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Inpatient Billing ,
Judicial Intervention ,
Lack of Authority ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Outpatient Services ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Relators ,
SCOTUS ,
United States ex rel Polansky v Executive Health Resources Inc
Jody Hunt, Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Civil Division, and Michael Granston, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Commercial Litigation Branch, spoke recently about False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement at the Federal...more
3/6/2020
/ American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Elder Issues ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Government Investigations ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Billing Privileges ,
Nursing Homes ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Voluntary Disclosure
On January 9, 2020, the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it recovered over $3 billion from civil False Claims Act (FCA) judgments and settlements in the fiscal year ending September 30,...more
1/16/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Corruption ,
Defense Contracts ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Falsified Documents ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Government Investigations ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Opioid ,
Pain Management ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Qui Tam ,
Scientific Research ,
South Korea ,
White Collar Crimes
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