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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HHS-OIG Year in Review 2024

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

Venable LLP

Event in Review: Major Fraud and Abuse Laws: Anti-Kickback and Self-Referral Prohibitions and False Claims

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

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DOJ and OIG Actions: 2023 Enforcement Trends Recap

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This report reviews notable areas for government enforcement actions during 2023 that were discussed in our monthly Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up reports. In the past year, we saw the relevant federal government enforcement...more

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Patient Inducements: Law and Limits

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Although often well-intentioned, offering free or discounted items or services to patients (e.g., gifts, rewards, writing off copays, free screening exams, free supplies, etc.) may violate federal and state laws governing...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

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

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

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Client Update – New OIG General Compliance Guidance Released

November 28, 2023 | Legal Update On November 10, 2023, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its widely anticipated General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG). The OIG had previously announced that it would...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

McDermott Will & Emery

Top Takeaways | 2023 Physician Practice Management & ASC Symposium 2023 | Fraud & Abuse Risk Mitigation and Enforcement Trends

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In this session, McDermott Will & Emery Partners Denise Burke, Tony Maida and Monica Wallace discussed top issues and enforcement trends that physician practice management companies (PPMs) and ambulatory surgery centers...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

OIG Enforcement Summary: July 1, 2022 – July 15, 2022

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.[1]  The enforcement actions reported are...more

Miller Canfield

New Federal Anti-Fraud Guidance for Participants in the Telehealth Space

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On July 22, 2022, the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert regarding transactions between practitioners and telemedicine companies. Aware that...more

The Volkov Law Group

BioReference Laboratories and Parent Company Agree to Pay $9.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations for Illegal...

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When it comes to the healthcare sector, the Justice Department and the HHS-Office of Inspector General have no shortage of investigations and targets for prosecution.  The more resources made available to DOJ and HHS-OIG, the...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

Holland & Knight LLP

Healthcare Law Update: April 2021

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William F. Gould In United States v. Merino, No. 19-50291, 2021 WL 754589 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2021), the court of appeals reversed the conviction of Marina Merino of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in violation of 18...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

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Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations Address Technology Advances, Tighten Rules for EHR Contributions, and Promote...

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Fraud and abuse regulations have been adapted to meet today’s technology for electronic data, promoting cooperation among health care providers for the exchange of health information and the protection of such information...more

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Fraud and Abuse Rules Part III: New Value-Based Arrangement Protections

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As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules, effective Jan. 19, 2021, that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the...more

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Special Fraud Alert from DHHS OIG Cautions Against Use of Health Care Speaker Programs

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“DHHS OIG”) recently issued a Special Fraud Alert regarding fraud and abuse concerns related to speaker programs offered by pharmaceutical and medical...more

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Fraud and Abuse Rules Part I: Changes to Patient Inducement and Kickback Policies

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As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules expected to be effective Jan. 19, 2021, that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law...more

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HHS OIG and CMS Release Historic, Sweeping Reforms to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Regulations

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As mentioned in our earlier report, on November 20, 2020, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published two long-awaited final...more

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HHS Regulatory Sprint Crosses the Finish Line: New Stark and Anti-Kickback Rules Forecast Big Changes for Patients and Value-Based...

Powerfully illustrating the efforts of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transform the US healthcare system to a value-based model, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare...more

Hogan Lovells

Trump Administration revives rebate safe harbor rule in late effort to reform drug pricing

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On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized its previously abandoned 2019 proposal to exclude certain rebates paid by drug manufacturers from the...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Patient Inducements: Gifts, Discounts, Waiving Co-Pays, Free Screening Exams, Etc.

Although often well-intentioned, offering free or discounted items or services to patients (e.g., gifts, rewards, writing off copays, free screening exams, free supplies, etc.) may violate federal and state laws governing...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

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