Join us for the next webinar in our Enforcement Outlook series, which will focus on the latest trends and hot topics surrounding the False Claims Act (FCA). Members of our White-Collar Practice Group will dive into how the...more
McDermott’s Healthcare Litigation, Compliance and Investigations Forum is back when you need it the most.
Heightened regulatory scrutiny and enforcement activity pose legal, financial and reputational risks for healthcare...more
10/10/2023
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
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Continuing Legal Education ,
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False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Investigations ,
Life Sciences ,
Physicians ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Restrictive Covenants
The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) is a criminal statute that, in broad strokes, bars the payment or receipt of “remuneration” in exchange for referrals. It has become one of the most lucrative theories of civil liability under...more
In this installment of the Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly Roundup we cover several topics that have persisted over the past few years and identify new issues that will shape the scope of enforcement efforts in 2020. In this...more
2/7/2020
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Compounding ,
Drug Distribution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
Opioid ,
Overpayment ,
Pain Management ,
Pharmacies ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Stark Law
The final quarter of 2019 brought forward new guidance and proposed rules with major implications for healthcare companies, enforcement developments in healthcare private equity investing and opioid litigation matters, among...more
1/28/2020
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Medical Necessity ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) ,
New Guidance ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Rules ,
Stark Law ,
Webinars
This latest installment of the Health Care Enforcement Quarterly Roundup reflects on trends that persisted in 2018 and those emerging trends that will carry us into 2019 and beyond. Leading off with the US Department of...more
1/29/2019
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Corporate Investigations ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dismissals ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Individual Accountability ,
Materiality ,
Opioid ,
Pain Management ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Qui Tam ,
REMS ,
RICO ,
Settlement ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Yates Memorandum
In the latest installment of Health Care Enforcement Quarterly Roundup, we examine key enforcement trends in the health care industry that we have observed over the past few months. In this issue, we report on the practical...more