Jones Day Talks Health Care: The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act
In a cautionary tale for health care entities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina recently announced the convictions of two health care executives who admitted to orchestrating a multi-year...more
Although often well-intentioned, offering free or discounted items or services to patients (e.g., gifts, rewards, writing off copays, free screening exams, free supplies, etc.) may violate federal and state laws governing...more
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
A dispute between a clinical laboratory and a former employee who had managed the lab's client accounts has resulted in an unanticipated interpretation of the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA). Background -...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has created many new enforcement priorities for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). From selling ineffective personal protective equipment (PPE) to companies fraudulently seeking loan forgiveness under...more
As previously reported in our August 16, 2019 and February 18, 2020 blogs, the Florida Patient Brokering Act (Florida PBA) was amended on July 1, 2019 to change the exception to the Florida PBA from conduct “not prohibited...more
The first guilty plea under The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) may come as a surprise to many in the lab industry hoping federal authorities would not enforce the new criminal statute until after Congress...more