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Episode 379 -- Update on False Claims Act and Customs Evasion Liability
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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
Episode 372 -- DOJ Applies False Claims Act to Tariff and Trade Violations
False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation
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There’s always a “but” when it comes to AI. It has great potential, but there’s always the risk of bad things happening. In the case of the False Claims Act and healthcare, that’s very much the case. In a recent article for...more
As we reported in our recent client alert, the Trump administration has made clear that it is committed to using the False Claims Act (FCA) to prosecute healthcare fraud. Two recent Trump administration moves give important...more
On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), together with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS OIG”) and other law enforcement partners, announced the results of the...more
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
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued a decision that has important implications for stakeholders in the durable medical equipment (DME), medical device, and telehealth space as well as future civil...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2025, including long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more
In 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) provided useful insights to the healthcare industry regarding how it approaches various fraud and abuse issues in an...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) have historically focused their virtual health care enforcement efforts on “traditional”...more
US Supreme Court Declines to Consider AKS ‘Willfulness’ Question - On October 7, the US Supreme Court denied a petition in which a whistleblower asked the Court to decide whether a “willful” act under the federal...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for May 2024. We discuss several notable cases and enforcement resolutions, including the US Court of Appeals for the District of...more
News Briefs - State AGs Urge Congress to Reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers - A bipartisan group of 39 state attorneys general sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to take "decisive action" to reform pharmacy benefit...more
Get ready to be inspired with game-changing insights and industry connections! For over two and a half decades, healthcare compliance professionals have gathered at HCCA’s Compliance Institute (CI) to share ideas, learn...more
On November 22, 2023, while many were preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted a consumer alert (Alert) warning the public about a fraud scheme involving monthly billing for remote...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 11th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement returns for another exciting year for lively discussions on FCA enforcement including the ramifications of two...more
A qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) complaint was recently unsealed against Cerebral, a telehealth startup that provides virtual mental-health therapy, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa....more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for August 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more
Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for June 2023. We discuss several civil enforcement actions involving false claims, the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more
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
Recently, Womble Bond Dickinson held its First Annual Health Care Fraud Symposium, a webinar designed to discuss critical healthcare fraud topics. WBD Partner Joe Whitley moderated a discussion with WBD attorneys Luke Cass,...more
This is the third part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: congressional investigations. Health care fraud enforcement remained a top priority at both the national...more
Please join us for the 8th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference hosted by Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association. Eligible for more than seven hours of CLE credit (including ethics), this...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity between August 21 and September 20, 2022, including a guilty plea from a telemedicine physician who wrote prescriptions for...more
Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 31 no. 29 (August 15, 2022) - Sanford Health, Sanford Clinic and Sanford Medical Center in South Dakota have agreed to pay $25,842 in a settlement about telemedicine services with the HHS...more