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DOJ and HHS Announce FCA Working Group

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On July 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group to strengthen “their ongoing collaboration to advance...more

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DOJ Health Care Fraud Takedown and FCA Working Group Signal New Era of Enforcement and Compliance Risks

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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the next phase of the Administration’s “Whole-of-Government” approach to fighting health care...more

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[Podcast] Medicare Advantage: Enforcement Activity & Broker Arrangements

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On this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Michael Lampert and counsel Sam Perrone are joined by litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor for a two-part discussion, with this first episode focused on recent...more

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Five Things Every Health Care Provider Should Know About HHS OIG’s 2025 Semiannual Report

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On June 2, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its Semiannual Report to Congress. This report covers the period from October 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025,...more

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CMS Doubles Down on Medicare Advantage Recoupment: Announces Aggressive RADV Strategy to Reclaim Billions

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On May 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an aggressive plan (Plan) to expand its efforts to address fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare Advantage (MA)....more

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HHS Office of Inspector General Issues First Semiannual Report to Congress in this Administration

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On June 2, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) announced the release of its Spring 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress. Covering the period from October 1, 2024, to March 31,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more

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Justice Department Continues Pattern of False Claims Act Suits Due to Alleged Kickbacks

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On May 1, the federal government brought a False Claims Act (“FCA”) suit against three health insurers, as well as three insurance brokers. The Justice Department’s suit alleges that the insurers paid millions of dollars in...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | March 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights key regulatory and enforcement activity for March 2025. This month features: - Noteworthy enforcement actions demonstrating that the Anti-Kickback Statute...more

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Looking Back at 2024: Key Health Care Regulatory Legal Developments in Fraud and Abuse, Compliance, and Enforcement

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The health care regulatory space realized significant regulatory and enforcement developments in 2024 that are influencing how providers and industry stakeholders approach various compliance measures and enforcement...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Free Product Program

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In its first advisory opinion of the year, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) assessed a pharmaceutical manufacturer’s free product program and found that, although the...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2025 Recap

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

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Patient Assistance Programs – The Dos and Don’ts from HHS OIG

Patient assistance programs (PAPs) emerged to help patients who lack health insurance or prescription drug coverage obtain critical, and often, life-saving medications. This is especially true for rare disease patients, whose...more

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True Facts About False Claims: MoFo's FCA Newsletter - January 2025

Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | December 2024 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for December 2024. We discuss several civil and criminal enforcement actions pertaining to healthcare fraud and abuse authorities,...more

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Hospital CEO Jailed for Conspiracy to Violate AKS

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on January 15 that Jeffrey Paul Madison, the former chief executive officer of a Texas hospital, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the federal...more

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Texas Healthcare Providers Paid $21.3 Million to Resolve Stark Law Violations in 2024

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Healthcare fraud enforcement continues to be a top priority for federal authorities, with Stark Law violations remaining under particular scrutiny. The complex nature of physician self-referral regulations, combined with...more

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EnforceMintz — Additional Health Care Provider Joins the OIG’s “Heightened Scrutiny” List in 2024

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), in connection with its enforcement responsibilities, must exclude a party from the federal health care programs if the party is found to have violated certain federal laws. This type...more

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EnforceMintz — Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs to Remain in the Enforcement Spotlight in 2025

As government scrutiny and enforcement targeting the Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) program continued in 2024, the industry’s response to agency actions escalated. Last year also resulted in the first sizable Part D...more

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EnforceMintz — Long Tail of Pandemic Fraud Schemes Will Likely Result in Continued Enforcement for Years to Come

In last year’s edition of EnforceMintz, we predicted that 2024 would bring an increase in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement activity related to COVID-19 pandemic fraud. Those predictions proved correct. The COVID-19 Fraud...more

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HHS-OIG Set To Intensify Scrutiny of Grants and Contract Compliance: How to Prepare

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As we detailed in a previous blog, on October 3, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a strategic plan to “safeguard[] the integrity of HHS grants and contracts.” The...more

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EnforceMintz — Tele-Fraud Enforcement in 2023 Remained Focused on Same Schemes as Years Past

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Government enforcement activities focused on tele-fraudsters remained active in 2023, but did not break substantial new ground. Several significant criminal resolutions last year involved allegations that were similar to each...more

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OIG January 2024 Enforcement Summary

The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

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Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19

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The HHS Office of Inspector General issues a favorable advisory opinion regarding a sponsor’s payment of cost-sharing amounts in a Medicare Category B IDE Clinical Study; the FDA issues guidance regarding the use of Digital...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | July 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for July 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more

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