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DOJ Health Care Fraud Takedown and FCA Working Group Signal New Era of Enforcement and Compliance Risks

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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the next phase of the Administration’s “Whole-of-Government” approach to fighting health care...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

EnforceMintz — Long Tail of Pandemic Fraud Schemes Will Likely Result in Continued Enforcement for Years to Come

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In last year’s edition of EnforceMintz, we predicted that 2024 would bring an increase in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement activity related to COVID-19 pandemic fraud. Those predictions proved correct. The COVID-19 Fraud...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

True Facts About False Claims: MoFo's FCA Newsletter - July 2024

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Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

DOJ and OIG Actions: 2023 Enforcement Trends Recap

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This report reviews notable areas for government enforcement actions during 2023 that were discussed in our monthly Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up reports. In the past year, we saw the relevant federal government enforcement...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

HHS Office of Inspector General August 2023 Enforcement Activity

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The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

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Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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Top Takeaways | 2023 Physician Practice Management & ASC Symposium 2023 | Fraud & Abuse Risk Mitigation and Enforcement Trends

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In this session, McDermott Will & Emery Partners Denise Burke, Tony Maida and Monica Wallace discussed top issues and enforcement trends that physician practice management companies (PPMs) and ambulatory surgery centers...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Columbus & Indianapolis Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - June 2nd, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm ET

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General and specialty compliance education from the comfort of your home or office - HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance learning that covers a wide variety of...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | March 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for March 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

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McDermott Health 2023 Annual Report - Digital Health: 2022 Year in Review

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Digital health is one of the fast-growing segments of the healthcare market, with patients, clinicians and regulators increasingly aligned behind the opportunities that digitization presents. Over the last three years,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - January 27th, Lake Buena Vista, FL

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Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Recent Developments in Telehealth Enforcement

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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) led to a rapid expansion in the utilization of telehealth. Now, almost three years later, governmental entities have focused their attention on telehealth services and the...more

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7 Telehealth Red Flags – OIG Shares Measures for Spotting Medicare Fraud

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a report last month assessing the program integrity risks associated with Medicare telehealth services. After analyzing...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

UPDATE: Telehealth in a Changing World – Mitigating Risks

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In 2020, we published an eAlert titled “Telehealth in a Changing World - Trending Risks and How to Minimize Potential Exposure.” As we predicted would happen, the government has become acutely focused on telehealth fraud....more

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Investigations Newsletter: OIG Warns That Proposed Drug Discounts May Warrant Sanctions

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OIG Warns That Proposed Drug Discounts May Warrant Sanctions - On October 5, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion assessing a proposal that involved...more

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OIG Enforcement Summary: August 16, 2022 – August 31, 2022

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The following is a summary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported are...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

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Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

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The Department of Justice Continues to Target COVID-19-Related Fraud

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On April 20, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a nationwide coordinated law enforcement action to combat health care-related COVID-19 fraud. In line with the announcement, the federal government has...more

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HHS 2021 Semiannual Report to Congress Draws Attention to Genetic Testing, Durable Medical Equipment, and Opioid Disorder...

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On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), released its spring 2022 semiannual report to Congress. The semiannual report covers the period of October 1, 2021 to...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

HHS OIG Issues Telehealth Fraud Alert

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On July 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert to caution healthcare practitioners who may wish to enter into arrangements with telehealth...more

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DOJ Demonstrates Commitment to COVID-19-Related Healthcare Enforcement with New Criminal Charges

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On April 20, 2022, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nationwide coordinated law enforcement action focused on COVID-19-related healthcare fraud. In total, DOJ brought criminal charges against 21 individuals,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Ann Arbor and Columbus Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - June 24th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EDT

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General and specialty compliance training from the comfort of your home or office! HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance training that includes updates on the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

DOJ Announces Another Wide-Ranging COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Action

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For the last few years, we have been closely monitoring and reporting on COVID-19 related fraud enforcement efforts by federal agencies. We detailed those findings in our Health Care Enforcement 2020 Year in Review & 2021...more

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McDermott’s Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly - Q1 2022

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The healthcare enforcement landscape is shifting quickly. This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly examines emerging trends and key issues for organizations that may become subject to enforcement scrutiny,...more

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