On 22 February 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published the statistics for federal civil fraud recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The DOJ announced that the “government and whistleblowers were party to 543...more
6/25/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Internal Investigations ,
Kickbacks ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Settlement ,
White Collar Crimes
In this episode, Norman Acker, Nora Becerra, and Katherine Rippey discuss the False Claims Act as it relates to Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statue. They analyze the Wheeling Hospital case and the Catholic Medical Center...more
On 2 December 2020, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule or Rule). The Final Rule adds multiple new safe harbors,...more
1/22/2021
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Technology ,
OIG ,
Safe Harbors ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care