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Residency Match Programs for Healthcare Professionals Come Under Antitrust Scrutiny

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In recent months, private class action lawsuits have challenged residency match programs for pharmacists and veterinarians under antitrust laws. In addition, a congressional subcommittee has begun an inquiry into the...more

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False Claims Act Enforcement in Healthcare: Insights from the 13th Annual Fraud & Abuse Review

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The False Claims Act (FCA) remains one of the government’s most powerful tools in combating healthcare fraud, with a growing focus on opioid-related cases and violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] First Annual Health Care Fraud Symposium - March 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET

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Health Care fraud is a growing national issue. The National Heath Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that health care fraud costs the nation about $68 billion annually — about 3 percent of the nation's $2.26 trillion in...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act

While the pandemic put many things on hold, it did not do the same for the False Claims Act (FCA). To find out what is happening in FCA activity we spoke with Patrick Hooper, Jordan Kearney and Alicia Macklin, partners at the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 18, no. 1 (January 2021) - The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled its 13th enforcement action in its Right of Access Initiative, first announced in 2019 to support individuals’ rights to...more

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Deputy Associate Attorney General Sheds Light on DOJ’s FCA Priorities at Annual False Claims Act Conference

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“Enforcing the False Claims Act is a top priority for the Department—not just for our office,” said Deputy Associate Attorney General Stephen Cox, the Keynote Speaker for the 2020 Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam...more

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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

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DOJ Reports More Than $3 Billion Recovered from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2019

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On January 9, 2020, DOJ announced it recovered more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. DOJ...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Kentucky Hospital Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

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Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries - Kentucky Hospital Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations - Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc. d/b/a...more

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FDA Finalizes Criteria, and First Two Exclusions, for Outsourcing Facility Compounding with Bulk Drug Substances

• Five years after passage of the DQSA, FDA issued final decisions prohibiting the use of two bulk substances by outsourcing facilities, and finalized criteria for ongoing evaluations of other bulk substances that are...more

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HRSA to Enforce 340B Program Oversight of Drug Manufacturers Next Year and Share 340B Ceiling Prices with Covered Entities

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Two recent announcements by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) highlight the agency's plans for increased oversight in the next year of drug manufacturers under the 340B drug pricing program and...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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OCR Enforcement Trends

On April 27, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a resolution agreement with Cornell Prescription Pharmacy (CPP) pursuant to which CPP paid a $125,000...more

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The Deeper Dive: C-Suite to Prison Pipeline

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In recent years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been criticized for failing to prosecute executives for fraud, particularly in the financial sector. In response, the DOJ has begun to more heavily emphasize...more

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Report Shows CMP Enforcement Actions On the Rise Against Part C and Part D Sponsors

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A new report issued October 16, 2014 by the Medicare Parts C & D Oversight and Enforcement Group (MOEG) reveals that civil monetary penalty (CMP) enforcement actions in these two programs more than tripled from 2012 to 2013....more

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