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Cole Schotz

“First Do No Harm” Considerations for Healthcare Providers in Light of Historic Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Announcement by the...

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On Monday, the Department of Justice Criminal Division, led by Matthew R. Galeotti, announced its largest healthcare fraud enforcement charging individuals and entities across the globe in allegedly $14.6 billion criminal and...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 186: White Collar Crimes in Healthcare with Maynard...

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This week, Heather and Lauren welcome more members of the Maynard Nexsen team, White Collar attorneys Erica Barnes, Mark Moore, and Christian Dysart. The group takes a deep dive into discussing white-collar crime in the...more

Jones Day

DOJ Obtains First Divestitures in a Criminal Antitrust Case

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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs"), which include a novel remedy for...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Current Trends and Real-World Best Practices in Healthcare Fraud Compliance

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Recently, Womble Bond Dickinson held its First Annual Health Care Fraud Symposium, a webinar designed to discuss critical healthcare fraud topics. WBD Partner Joe Whitley moderated a discussion with WBD attorneys Luke Cass,...more

Oberheiden P.C.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Dealing with Detroit Healthcare Fraud Charges

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Over recent years, the federal government has shown an increased interest in bringing healthcare fraud prosecutions. In fact, in 2020 alone, the federal government opened 1,148 new criminal healthcare fraud investigations,...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Federal Authorities Ramping Up COVID-19 Related Health Care Fraud Prosecutions

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Recently announced Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities include a reinvigoration of health care fraud prosecutions. The COVID-19 crisis created fertile ground for not only fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Program...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2020

Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

First Circuit Affirms Physician's 1-Year Probation for HIPAA Violation

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One year's probation is the sentence for a physician who violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and obstructed a criminal investigation in United States v. Luthra, No. 18-1980, 2020 WL...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Michigan Physician Charged in Alleged Role in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy

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Michigan Physician Charged in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy - On February 26, 2020, the Department of Justice announced charges against a Michigan physician for his alleged role in an over $120 million...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

EHR vendor Practice Fusion agrees to $145 million settlement to resolve criminal and civil kickback violations

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On January 27, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $145 million settlement with electronic health record (EHR) vendor Practice Fusion to resolve civil and criminal allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback...more

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Health Care Enforcement Year-in-Review and 2020 Outlook: Criminal Case Developments

As discussed in our article recently published by Law360, criminal health care enforcement in 2019 was in many ways a continuation of 2018, with opioid-related enforcement continuing to be the clear top priority for the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] DOJ’s New Guidance on Evaluating Compliance Programs: What You Need to Know

In this episode, Akin Gump health care and life sciences counsel Taylor Jones and Matt Wetzel discuss the Justice Department’s recent guidance on evaluation of corporate compliance programs. Among the topics covered: •...more

Jackson Walker

Opioids, Healthcare Enforcement, and Increased Scrutiny of Corporate Conduct for Criminal Prosecution

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The national opioid epidemic is almost unprecedented in every conceivable way—its catastrophic death toll, its broad effect on a wide swath of this country’s population, its rapid escalation (which is alleged to have been...more

The Volkov Law Group

Hospital Official and Three Dentists Convicted for Kickback and Bribery in RICO Criminal Case (Part II of IV)

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The Justice Department has continued to pursue healthcare fraud and bribery criminal prosecutions. Healthcare fraud remains a high priority for criminal enforcement....more

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