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Fraud and Abuse Physicians Compliance

J.S. Held

Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Critical Role of Medical Coding, Billing & Nurse Review

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In what is already a highly regulated industry, it is becoming increasingly difficult for healthcare organizations to navigate the growing volume, complexity and enforcement of laws, regulations and guidance that surround...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In Biggest Stark-Based FCA Settlement Ever, Indiana Hospital Pays $345M, Has Unusual CIA

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

Bricker Graydon LLP

A Long-Awaited Change: OIG Updates its Compliance Program Guidances

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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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

News Briefs: July 2023

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 32, no 25 (July 2023) Hospices in four states will face heightened oversight. “CMS is placing newly enrolling hospices located in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas in a provisional...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Richmond Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - December 9th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EST

General and specialty compliance training from the comfort of your home or office! HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance training that includes updates on the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Clinical Practice Compliance Conference - October 11th - 12th, 8:55 am - 4:45 pm CDT

Looking for updates on government initiatives related to physicians, clinics, and physician integrity trends? Join us this October for HCCA’s Virtual Clinical Practice Compliance Conference and get insights, updates, and...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

2022 Federal Compliance Enforcement Outlook

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There is almost universal agreement regarding predictions for 2022 federal enforcement in the following areas: ..The use of fraudulently obtained COVID relief funds in both healthcare and in general, but specifically as...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

[Webinar] Lunch & Learn Series: A Compliance Year in Review and Look Ahead - January 13th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Please join us as Robert Hussar, a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Compliance, Investigations & White Collar and Health Services practice groups, presents the first Lunch-and-Learn of 2022. This presentation will focus both on a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Nashville Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - November 5th, Nashville, TN

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Orange County - June 11th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm PDT

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Richmond, VA - December 11th, 8:25 am - 5:30 pm EST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act Risk to Private Equity Healthcare Investors

As many healthcare practitioners and attorneys can attest, private equity investment has become an increasingly prevalent feature of the healthcare industry. From blockbuster deals like KKR’s purchase of Envision Healthcare...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

DOJ Is Trying to 'Incentivize Higher-Quality Compliance,' Former Official Says

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 44 (December 16, 2019) - One way to find out whether compliance and integrity have seeped into the bones of an organization is asking people who would know. There may be a compliance...more

The Volkov Law Group

Boston Heart Diagnostics Pays $26.67 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case

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Boston Heart Diagnostics, a Massachusetts company, agree to pay $26.7 million to settle a False Claims Act case involving allegations of paying illegal kickbacks to physicians....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 39. News Briefs: November 2019

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 39 (November 4, 2019) - ? The former CEO of Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the Department...more

Ruder Ware

ASLMS Annual Meeting Special Coverage: Legal and Compliance Issues Impacting Medical Practices Using Laser Technology

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Medical practices that routinely use laser technology are subject to some of the same legal issues as other types of practices. Use of lasers creates additional compliance issues and highlights certain compliance risk areas....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Managing the Transition to Transformation: Old Dog, New Tricks: Fraud and Abuse in the Age of Payment Reform

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McDermott’s Managing the Transition to Transformation series is designed to help health systems and other health care industry leaders address the many challenges presented by the transformation in payment and care delivery...more

The Volkov Law Group

Doctors, Enforcement Risks And Compliance Programs

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Doctors better get used to government regulation. The Affordable Healthcare Act contains a lengthy complement of new laws and regulations. ...more

Baker Donelson

Ordering/Referring Phase 2 Begins May 1st - Claims Will Be Denied

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In an April 24, 2009 transmittal, CMS announced a two-phase claims editing expansion designed to allow verification that the physician or non-physician practitioner (NPP) listed as the ordering/referring provider on a...more

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