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Blowing the Whistle: What Employers Should Know About DEI & the False Claims Act
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False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
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Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: The False Claims Act
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The US government and private plaintiffs use the False Claims Act (FCA) – a federal statute originally enacted in 1863 in response to defense contractor fraud during the American Civil War – to combat various forms of fraud...more
Every health care provider has “credit balances,” which occur when a provider receives more money than it is owed for services rendered. Credit balances can be caused by a number of factors, including incorrect coding,...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion No. 24-04, which primarily addressed a Refund Program offered by a U.S. pharmaceutical company affiliate....more
Conducting due diligence for physician and provider compensation arrangements during a healthcare transaction is critical for the acquirer. Appropriate due diligence is necessary, regardless of whether the transaction is a...more
Community Health Network (CHN) in Indiana has agreed to pay $345 million to settle false claims allegations that it paid over-the-top salaries to hundreds of physicians and rewarded them for their referrals in violation of...more
From 1998-2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published compliance program guidelines for various industries in the Federal Register....more
The following is a summary of the 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 are...more
Cyber whistleblowing is the newest and hottest area of exposure for organizations. All government contractors and grant recipients must develop an understanding of the use of the False Claims Act (FCA) to address...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 10 (September 24, 2020) What the federal government—and a whistleblower—allege were False Claims Act (FCA) violations actually resulted from an “accounting discrepancy,” according to the...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 20 (June 1, 2020) - The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has unveiled its “OIG Strategic Plan: Oversight of COVID-19 Response and Recovery.” Its goals are protecting people, funds...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 16 (April 27, 2020) - The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has proposed a rule on civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for information blocking and fraud related to HHS grants, contracts...more
Health care fraud continues to be a top enforcement priority for U.S. prosecutors, and nowhere is this more true than for the medical technology sector. From 2014-2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought enforcement...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 15 (April 20, 2020) - Maury Regional Medical Center in Tennessee has agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle false claims allegations over MS-DRG coding, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...more
Compliance Today (March 2020) - In January, Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division announced that it “obtained more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 4 (February 3, 2020) - ? Central Coast Inpatient Consultants Inc. in California has agreed to pay $750,000 in a civil monetary penalty settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 2 (January 23, 2020) - Acting with “deliberate ignorance” and “reckless disregard” are not words that any institution wants to hear associated with its name. But these are at the heart...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 2 (January 20, 2020) - - The HHS Office of Inspector General has updated its Work Plan, which includes an item on early discharges from inpatient rehabilitation facilities to home...more
The US' ongoing trade wars—with various trading partners and particularly with China—are everywhere in the news. Putting politics and policy aside, the "trade wars" reflect a basic disagreement over the rules that should...more
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS - All of us here at Blank Rome wish you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season and start to 2019. We are pleased to present our final 2018 edition of White Collar Watch, which includes timely...more
Enforcement activity under the Obama administration often made headlines for the eye-popping level of fines, with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, and economic sanctions...more
I conclude my tribute to my favorite Bob Dylan album, Highway 61 Revisited with a look at the most surreal song on the disc, Tombstone Blues. I want to use it to contrast the most excellent article that appears today as a...more
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), signed into law on March 23, 2010, included a provision (the “Report and Refund Mandate”), broadly requiring health care providers, suppliers, Part D plans and managed...more