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SBA Conducts Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Program

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it will conduct a full-scale audit of its 8(a) Business Development Program to restore integrity and transparency. Contractors participating in the...more

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SBA Announces Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Program

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WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a “full-scale” audit of the 8(a) program after a former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contracting officer and three 8(a) business...more

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SBA Launches Full-Scale Audit of the 8(a) Program

On June 27, 2025, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), Kelly Loeffler, announced that she is directing an “immediate and full-scale audit of the agency’s 8(a) Business Development Program.”...more

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SBA Focusing on Fraud, Will Conduct Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Business Development Program

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Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Loeffler has announced that she has ordered the SBA Office of General Contracting and Business Development to begin a full scale audit of the SBA’s Section 8(a) Business...more

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SBA Announces Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Program to Uncover Fraud and Bribery

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on June 27, 2025, announced a comprehensive, full-scale audit of its 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) Program), marking a significant escalation in federal oversight of...more

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CMS Announces Significant Changes to RADV Auditing Efforts: Considerations and Next Steps for the Medicare Advantage Industry

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On May 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced plans to substantially increase both the pace and the scale of Risk Adjustment Data Validation (“RADV”) audits of the Medicare Advantage (“MA”)...more

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ICE Raids and Audits – What’s an Employer to Do

Immigration enforcement by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently increased. Taking a proactive approach could help employers prepare to face immigration enforcement actions, such as raids or I-9...more

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Episode 365 -- Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know

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How prepared is your organization to handle the evolving landscape of sanctions compliance? In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov dives into critical sanctions compliance cases and their...more

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The PEO Immigration Survival Guide for 2025

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It’s been a tumultuous start of the second Trump administration when it comes to immigration, and things won’t be slowing down anytime soon. What do PEOs need to know about the current state of affairs, and what can you do to...more

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EnforceMintz — Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs to Remain in the Enforcement Spotlight in 2025

As government scrutiny and enforcement targeting the Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) program continued in 2024, the industry’s response to agency actions escalated. Last year also resulted in the first sizable Part D...more

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Current Enforcement Efforts in the Battle Against COVID-19 Loan Program Fraud

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented impacts around the world including stay-at-home orders, curfews, quarantines, and economic uncertainty. Businesses across the United States were forced to close their doors, limit...more

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How Does the IRS Use AI to Identify Tax Cheats?

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Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) increase the likelihood of an IRS audit in your future? How does the IRS use AI to identify US taxpayers who attempt to hide assets, under-report income or otherwise cheat the IRS? In...more

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[Webinar] Lunch and Learn Series: Avoiding the Pitfalls in Recent Government Enforcement - December 8th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Please join us for the December Lunch and Learn with Benjamin Malerba and Benjamin Wisher. The pair will discuss recent audits, investigations and actions of government agencies including DOJ, MFCU, OMIG, the NY AG and...more

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[Webinar] Provider Relief Fund Legal, Audit/Enforcement and Accounting Outlook - October 25th, 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm EDT

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Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Period 3 reports and the first independent audits (e.g., Single and Financial Audits) were due September 30. Recovery actions and enforcement activity are likely to follow and may be informed by...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2022 Research Conference - October 6th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CDT

Stay on top of the latest in research compliance - Do you want to learn: - Current best practices for building and maintaining a  research compliance work plan? - How to better shift your program’s research focus in...more

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Telehealth regulatory oversight and enforcement trends

CT magazine (July 2022) - One of the notable impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare industry has been the boom in services provided via telehealth. This boom is in part due to temporary flexibilities applied...more

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Federal Audits and Enforcement Actions of Telehealth Providers: Future Trends and Mitigating Risk

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As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses and the expanded use of telehealth has appeared to stabilize over the past year according to a July report from McKinsey & Company, Federal agencies have continued the recent trend of...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 3: Global Antitrust Developments - September 27th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am KST

KOREA WEBINAR SERIES 2021 - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our first Korea Webinar Series will be held as a virtual series, with four sessions taking place between September 8 – September 28, 2021. Though we cannot...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Ongoing Program] Session 1: M&A Opportunities in US and Europe for Korean Investors (CFIUS/European FDI) - September 8th, 10:00...

KOREA WEBINAR SERIES 2021 - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our first Korea Webinar Series will be held as a virtual series, with four sessions taking place between September 8 – September 28, 2021. Though we cannot...more

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A Target on Telehealth: Government Action Against Telehealth Fraud in the Wake of COVID-19

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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is expected to prompt unprecedented levels of regulatory enforcement activity that is focused on the use of telemedicine. In fact, fraudulent and abusive telehealth practices was an...more

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[Webinar] Adjusting the Risk for Medicare Advantage: Recent Enforcement Trends and Litigation Involving Medicare Advantage Risk...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to concentrate on risk adjustment programs of payers with Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) as a prime enforcement target. One particular area of focus, both civilly and...more

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UPIC and ZPIC Audits Defense: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know

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Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs) and Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPICs) are federal contractors who work under the direction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to uncover fraudulent...more

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HUB Talks: Voluntary Disclosure: Deep Dive - They Still Know What You Did Last Summer—Phase 2 of the U.S. Government's Response to...

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In this second episode of our series on the government's response to the Paycheck Protection Program, white collar practitioners Chris Nasson, David Rybicki, Neil Smith, and Hayley Trahan-Liptak discuss the second phase of...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Providing New Regulatory Framework For Fund-Of-Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it adopted Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), providing a new regulatory framework for fund-of-funds and final...more

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Update: Investigations Under the CARES Act Ramp Up Even as Oversight Roles Remain Vacant

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The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) injected previously unthinkable amounts of stimulus funds into the struggling U.S. economy. To oversee the disbursement of these funds and to...more

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