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The Feds Have Home Care Kickback Arrangements in Their Crosshairs

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The federal government has demonstrated that it is more than willing to use the United States criminal code to prosecute home care agencies that pay unlawful financial inducements to generate referrals in violation of the...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Home Health Care Company to Pay $3 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations

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Home Health Care Company to Pay $3 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Saad Enterprises Incorporated, operating as Saad Healthcare, agreed to pay $3 million to resolve...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Owner, Operator of Texas Lab Charged for $79 Million Medical Testing Fraud Scheme

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Owner, Operator of Texas Lab Charged for $79 Million Medical Testing Fraud Scheme - On November 20, Osman Syed, the owner and operator of a laboratory in Texas, was charged with three counts of health care fraud,...more

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Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review

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Introduction - Polsinelli proudly introduces the Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review, a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape surrounding the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and fraud & abuse enforcement...more

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DOJ Announces False Claims Act Recoveries for FY 2022

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On February 7, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its annual False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for fiscal year 2022. DOJ recovered $2.2 billion from a total of 351 settlements and judgments—the second-highest...more

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Fraud Week: Kickbacks for Home Healthcare Referrals

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on October 18 that Oklahoma-based Carter Healthcare LLC and its affiliates, plus two executives, agreed to pay a total of over $30 million to resolve two separate qui tam cases....more

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Antitrust Division Indicts Four Individuals for Wage Fixing in Labor Markets (Part III of III)

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Criminal antitrust is burning a path in prosecuting illegal wage-fixing agreements in labor markets.  The Justice Department warned companies over five years ago and now DOJ is executing on its warning.  Over the last two...more

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HHS, DOJ Release Fraud and Abuse Report

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have released the 2019 annual report for their Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program. The government recovered almost $3.6 billion,...more

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Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

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A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

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Criminal Prosecutions of Health Care Fraud: The Stakes Continue to Rise for Individual Providers

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On June 18, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced criminal charges against 243 individuals located in 14 states for various health...more

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