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OIG Reminds Us that Flat Fee Business Arrangements Aren’t Immune from AKS Scrutiny

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On July 1, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-08, concluding that a medical device manufacturer’s proposed payment to access a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

OIG Issues Unfavorable Advisory Opinion: Provision of Free Services to Referral Sources Creates Kickback Risk

Key Points - - The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) has issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-04 (AO 25-04), its first advisory opinion of the year addressing a proposed arrangement...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

13th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review - 2024

Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce the release of the 13th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review examining important healthcare fraud developments in 2024. Compiled by the firm's Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Task Force,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | January 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity and developments occurring in January 2023, including several criminal and civil enforcement actions related to the federal...more

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11th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2022

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We are pleased to bring you our 11th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review. Our Review provides comprehensive coverage of the most significant civil and criminal enforcement issues facing healthcare providers. Each year, we...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Health Care Continues to Drive False Claims Act Recoveries: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

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$3 billion recovered under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). That’s what the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reported collecting in FY2019. The health care and life sciences industries accounted for $2.6 billion of the total...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Stryker FCPA Enforcement Action: Compliance Lessons For Distributors and Dealers – Part II

Over this two-part blog post series, I have been considering the Stryker Corporation 2018 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Stryker FCPA Enforcement Action: Compliance Lessons For Distributors and Dealers – Part I

Last month, Stryker Corporation joined a rather ignominious list of recidivists under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement annuls....more

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Stryker Suffers “Strike Two” and Settles SEC FCPA Case

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Stryker Corporation has suffered a second FCPA enforcement action, and will now bear the stigma of FCPA “recidivist.” In reaching a settlement with the SEC and agreeing to pay a $7.8 million civil penalty, Stryker will now...more

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Pro Te: Solutio Vol. 11 No. 1 – A Reflection on the First Ten Years

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It’s hard to believe a decade has passed since we delivered our first edition of Pro Te: Solutio to your door. Those years have brought enormous changes in the world and in our industry. Innovation has driven everything we...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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FCA Issues to Watch: Intersection of the FCA and the Anti-Kickback Statute

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In the recent past, the government has racked up a number of FCA settlements based on alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). This focus undoubtedly will remain a high enforcement priority....more

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Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review 2016

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Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce the release of its fifth annual Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review 2016. The Review, compiled by the firm’s Healthcare Fraud Task Force, is an industry-leading guide to healthcare...more

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Healthcare Leaders cite Fraud and Abuse Laws as Obstacle to Value-Based Arrangements

As the healthcare industry moves towards value-based purchasing, pay-for-performance, and other payment reform models, industry leaders have identified federal fraud and abuse laws as a barrier to full implementation of such...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Department of Justice Files First False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Physician-Owned Distributorship

On Sept. 8, 2014, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a 98-page civil complaint alleging that investment returns, paid to a Michigan spinal surgeon and other physicians by a spinal implant company partially...more

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