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Ep. 50 – Three Physician Compensation Mistakes to Avoid

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In January, the Department of Justice released its annual fraud statistics summarizing health care fraud settlements and judgments during the 2024 fiscal year. Last year, there were over $2.9 billion in fraud settlements and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - October 22nd, Chicago, IL

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Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Feds Shine a Light on Medicare Advantage Plans and Physicians Related to Risk Adjustment Practices

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Although the sufficiency of medical records documentation supporting beneficiary diagnoses for Medicare Advantage (MA) risk adjustment has been on the OIG’s work plan since 2013, the Department of Justice has upped the ante...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

HealthCare Fraud and Courtesies: What to Know Before Waiving a Copayment

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Many healthcare facilities and physicians waive the insurance copayment for physicians and their families (known as professional courtesy) or other patients. Yet, despite how prevalent the practice is and the limited...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How Are Your Physicians Compensated? Stark Law + False Claims Act = Halifax Paying $85 Million

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On March 10, 2014, just days before trial, Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing, Inc. (collectively “Halifax”) entered into an $85 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice resolving allegations...more

Akerman LLP

The High Cost of Paying Physicians for Referrals: Tuomey Healthcare System Faces Penalties of up to $357 Million

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On May 8, 2013, a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for South Carolina found that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act (FCA) by illegally paying referring physicians. The jury...more

King & Spalding

Jury Ruled in Tuomey Healthcare Retrial that the Hospital Violated the Stark Law and False Claims Act

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On May 8, 2013, a jury concluded that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. (Tuomey), a community hospital in Sumter, S.C., violated the Stark law for allegedly improper compensation arrangements in 2005 between the hospital and 19...more

BakerHostetler

Sixth Circuit Holds Physician Supervision and Enrollment Issues Are Not Conditions of Payment for Purposes of FCA Liability

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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision overturning an $11.1 million False Claims Act (FCA) verdict against MedQuest Associates, Inc. (MedQuest) for submitting claims to Medicare in violation of the...more

Polsinelli

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News Update - April 2013

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In this Issue: - Top News ..Large Hospital Systems Settles for $25.5 Million for False Claims Act Allegations ..Catholics’ Challenge to Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Dismissed As Not Ripe - States...more

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