On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court unanimously declined to limit federal wire fraud to cases involving economic loss to the victim, upholding convictions of two government contractors who obtained contracts from a state...more
On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal grand jury indicted the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Virginia for conspiracy to defraud the United States and health care...more
1/30/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Indictments ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Physicians ,
Whistleblowers
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a rare criminal indictment involving the Medicare Advantage program—a contrast from DOJ’s more typical use of its civil enforcement authority to pursue similar issues...more
11/17/2023
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Compliance ,
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Declination ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Indictments ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) ,
Medicare Part C ,
Voluntary Disclosure