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Investigations Newsletter: CEO of Health Care Software Company Convicted of $1 Billion in Medicare Fraud

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CEO of Health Care Software Company Convicted of $1 Billion in Medicare Fraud - A federal jury in Miami convicted Gary Cox, the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC, of six health care-fraud-related counts for his role in...more

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PA Nursing Home Companies to Pay $15 Million for Healthcare Fraud

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Two Pennsylvania nursing home operators were recently sentenced in federal court to pay more than $15 million in restitution in a healthcare fraud case. Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services, the operator of Brighton...more

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Investigations Newsletter: FCA Complaint Filed Against One of Nation’s Largest Specialty Wound Care Providers

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FCA Complaint Filed Against One of Nation’s Largest Specialty Wound Care Providers - On April 4, the government filed a complaint against Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC, its founder, Dr. Ameet Vohra, and VHS...more

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Enhancing Compliance in Nursing Facilities: OIG's New Guidance

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG) for nursing facilities...more

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New York AG Secures $45 Million Settlement with Nursing Homes

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New York AG Letitia James entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (“AOD”) with the owners, operators, management company, landlords, and associated entities of four nursing homes managed by Centers for Care LLC, d/b/a...more

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Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review

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Introduction - Polsinelli proudly introduces the Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review, a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape surrounding the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and fraud & abuse enforcement...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

True Facts About False Claims: MoFo's FCA Newsletter - April 2024

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

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

OIG December 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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Investigations Newsletter: Texas Clinical Laboratory and Owner to Pay $5.7 Million to Resolve Outstanding FCA Judgment

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Texas Clinical Laboratory and Owner to Pay $5.7 Million to Resolve Outstanding FCA Judgment - Defunct BestCare Laboratory Services LLC and its founder will pay $5.7 million to settle an outstanding 2018 False Claims Act...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

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

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Nursing Home Settles With AG James Over Allegations of Fraudulent Medicare Charges

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New York AG Letitia James, together with the DOJ, announced settlements with Saratoga Center for Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care, a former 257-bed nursing home, and its owners, unlicensed operator, and landlord...more

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State AG Updates: California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington State, Connecticut and Coalitions of AGs

In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss: • The California AG’s first enforcement action involving the California Consumer Privacy Act, which resulted in a $1.2 million...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | July 2022 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant activity between June 21 and July 20, 2022. During this period, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, which historically...more

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Department of Justice Files False Claims Act Charges Against Nursing Home Chain

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed another False Claims Act case against a long-term care provider premised on the quality of care provided to its residents. The DOJ is increasingly utilizing substandard...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | May 2022 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights notable enforcement activity between April 21 and May 20, 2022, including a telemedicine case involving $64 million in false and fraudulent claims. We also...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Enforcement Year In Review & 2022 Outlook

STATISTICAL TRENDS IN FALSE CLAIMS ACT LITIGATION - FCA case activity for 2021 reveals seemingly contrary trends. For the federal fiscal year (FY) that ended September 30, 2021, the DOJ annual report on FCA enforcement...more

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Increased DOJ Enforcement in the Health Care Space

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Health care providers and entities take note: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is increasingly focused on enforcement in the health care space. DOJ has long prioritized health care fraud, but under the prior administration...more

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Potential False Claims Act Liability For Nursing Homes

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The  FCA is the Department of Justice’s Key Tool in Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse - The False Claims Act (“FCA”) provides a remedy of civil damages when a party 1) makes a false statement or engages in a...more

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Healthcare Headlines Episode 3 - Stay Ready: Trends in Healthcare False Claims Act Investigations

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Episode three of McGuireWoods’ video series “Healthcare Headlines” focuses on trends in False Claims Act investigations across the healthcare industry. Host Amber McGraw Walsh, chair of the firm’s nationally recognized...more

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EDNY Certifies Interlocutory Appeal of False Claims Case To Second Circuit

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Last week, EDNY Chief Judge Margo Brodie certified a False Claims Act (FCA) appeal to the Second Circuit.  In United States ex rel. Quartararo v. Catholic Health System of Long Island Inc., the district court found that...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2020

Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 8th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement - March 24th - 25th, 8:15 am - 4:45 pm...

THE ONLY EVENT WHERE YOU'LL HEAR FROM Government, In-house Counsel, The Judiciary, the Defense & Relator’s Bar - ACI’s 8th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement will address the underlying...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 9. News Briefs: March 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 9 (March 9, 2020) - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said March 5 it has filed a False Claims Act complaint against SpineFrontier Inc., Impartial Medical...more

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FCA Targets Areas For 2020 and Increased Use Of The Voluntary Disclosures

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Jody Hunt, Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Civil Division, and Michael Granston, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Commercial Litigation Branch, spoke recently about False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement at the Federal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 3. News Briefs: January 2020 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 3 (January 27, 2020) - Mission, Texas, rheumatologist Jorge Zamora-Quezada, M.D., was found guilty by a jury Jan. 15 for his part in a $325 million heath fraud scheme in which he...more

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