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DOJ Announces Largest-Ever National Healthcare Fraud Takedown and Launches New Data Fusion Center

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In June 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, marking the largest coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement action in DOJ history. The sweep included charges against a...more

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Health Care Fraud Enforcement Developments: the 2025 Takedown and a “New” False Claims Act Working Group

This year’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown (Takedown) announced recently by the Department of Justice was touted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the largest to date, involving over $14.6 billion in “intended loss”...more

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Genetic Testing Marketing Companies and Executives Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations for $6 Million

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on April 23 that Genexe, LLC (doing business as Genexe Health) and its parent company, Immerge, Inc., along with two of their executive...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | February 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2025, including long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

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Online DME Company Billed Insurers for Unnecessary Medical Supplies

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DMERx, an online DME platform, served as the basis for a massive fraud against Medicare and other insurers. Gregory Schreck, a Kansas man who was the vice president of DMERx, orchestrated a sophisticated fraud scheme to bill...more

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DOJ Charges 36 Defendants in Connection with Telemedicine and Clinical Laboratory Fraud and Abuse Schemes

On June 27, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, which resulted in criminal charges against 193 defendants for alleged participation in various health care...more

The Volkov Law Group

False Claims Investigations and Criminal Prosecutions: Recent Examples of Criminal Charges – a Lab Owner, A Physician and a Nurse...

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A False Claims Act case can easily turn into a criminal prosecution.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation often initiates criminal investigations as part of its commitment to reducing health care fraud....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Enforcement Roundup - Volume 1, 2021

Stay current on the healthcare enforcement issues impacting your business’ compliance strategies. In this installment of the Healthcare Enforcement Roundup, we address: • Key areas of enforcement scrutiny in 2021,...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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 35. News Briefs: October 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 35 (October 5, 2020) - In a major national enforcement action, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other federal agencies said Sept. 30 they have charged 345 people, including more...more

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Department of Justice Brings Criminal Charges Against 35 Individuals for Involvement in $2.1 Billion in Fraudulent Genetic Testing...

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The Justice Department, in coordination with HHS-OIG and the FBI recently announced the arrest and prosecution of 35 individuals for a massive genetic testing fraud scheme involving dozens of telemedicine companies and cancer...more

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