Last week, the government submitted its decision to the federal court not to retry partially-acquitted pharmacy executive, Chad Beene, for conspiracy and illegal kickback allegations. At the end of last year, a New Jersey...more
1/24/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
White Collar Crimes
We are on the clock. As an industry, we have 75 days to comment on the rules published in the Federal Register this week about how the Stark Law is implemented....more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized Form CMS-10328 (the SRDP Form), a new OMB-approved information collection instrument that must be used by providers and suppliers utilizing the Stark Law...more
The Supreme Court of the United States in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. Escobar et al., weighed in on and embraced the implied certification theory of liability within the False Claims Act (FCA)....more
6/22/2016
/ False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Implied Certification Theory ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Implied Certification ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Mental Health ,
SCOTUS ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Unlicensed Medical Providers
In This Issue:
- Exclusion from Federal Health Care Programs
- The New Advisory Bulletin
- What Providers Should Know
- For More Information
- Excerpt from Exclusion from Federal Health Care...more