Podcast - Too Dirty for Dirty Crime
False Claims Act Insights - Beyond Adversarialism: How to Steer FCA Investigations
Great Women in Compliance: The Compliance Influencer with Bettina Palazzo
How confidential is a request to access or challenge information in INTERPOL’s files?
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 60 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: Employee Retention Tax Credit
The JustPod: The State of Prosecutorial Independence and Prosecutorial Discretion
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 43: How Employers Can Navigate White Collar Crime with Erica Barnes & Christian Dysart of Maynard Nexsen
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 59 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: DOJ Focus
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 58 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: IRS Investigations
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 8: What Healthcare Companies Need to Know When the Government Comes Knocking
Early Returns Podcast with Jan Baran - AG Jason Miyares: Addressing Virginia’s Legal Issues
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 10 - Understanding Local Government Dynamics — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - Powerful, But Not All-Powerful: CIDs in FCA Litigation
Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 43 - New Horizons: Impact of Recent Appellate Circuit Rulings on White-Collar Criminal Defense Law
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
Host Jonathan Porter welcomes to the show Husch Blackwell partner Bryan Nowicki, a Madison-based member of the firm’s Healthcare group, to discuss payment suspensions involving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released highly anticipated updates this month to the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute). The...more
All Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) must be surveyed annually and not more than every 15 months, as well as on other occasions, such as for complaint investigations and revisits to determine compliance...more
On June 24, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the 21st...more
In April 2022, CMS announced an initiative to pay for Medicare beneficiaries to receive free OTC COVID-19 test kits. Specifically, Medicare established a demonstration project to pay various eligible healthcare providers to...more
ME trial reminiscent of DaVita anti-poaching case that also ended in acquittal; DOJ strategy questioned - In Apr. 2022, juries in TX and CO acquitted healthcare companies charged by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. In the CO...more
Staying up-to-date with fraud enforcement trends and recent cases and settlements can sometimes be viewed as a “Glass Half Empty” perspective, focusing on negative aspects of the industry and the perceived threat of...more
In a continuation of its annual rite, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on July 20, 2022, announced healthcare-related criminal charges against 36 defendants in 13 federal districts around the U.S. The charges allege more...more
The federal government has recently made clear its intention to go after healthcare providers who provide amniotic injections to certain Medicare and Medicaid recipients. Over recent years, the federal government has...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 32 (September 13, 2021) - Saint Francis Medical Center in Missouri agreed to pay $1.625 million in a civil settlement of allegations it violated the Controlled Substances Act, the...more
Attend our annual event for those who manage compliance at health plan providers. Explore topics and issues that are pertinent to industry professionals like you. Learn the latest practices, share strategies, and connect with...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the M&A market at every stage of the deal-making process – from complicating on-site visits and intensifying the diligence process to introducing valuation gaps (relative to pre-COVID-19...more
On September 3, 2020, Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and the Internal Revenue Service, along with investigators from the...more
Five Star Quality Rating System Changes - On March 23, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was temporarily postponing routine facility inspections for nursing homes so it could...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 10 (March 16, 2020) - ? Millennium Physicians Association PLLC, which owns two sleep centers in the Houston area, has paid $1,248,964 to settle false claims allegations over sleep...more
On Sept. 27, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Mylan N.V., a global pharma company that manufactures and sells EpiPen, which is used to treat serious allergic reactions, agreed to pay $30...more
Our annual Clinical Practice Compliance Conference provides information about the latest government initiatives related to physicians and clinics. Unite with your colleagues to discuss strategies for facing compliance issues...more
Today, the Federal Government announced enforcement actions against 60 defendants in eleven federal districts, including 31 doctors, seven pharmacists, eight nurse practitioners, and seven other licensed medical professional...more
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a portfolio report identifying multiple vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program (the “Hospice Portfolio Report”),...more
On September 7, Equifax, one of three nationwide credit-reporting agencies that compile and evaluate the financial history of consumers, announced that it suffered a security breach in which sensitive information of...more
As reported in earlier blogs, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) has been actively looking into potential abuses by Medicare Advantage (MA) Organizations as to allegedly improper risk adjustment claims submissions and...more
Documentation in Electronic Health Records: - Nursing homes lag behind other providers in electronic health record system adoption - Of 472 nursing homes in New York, there was a 7.7 percent increase in EHR adoption...more
This article will provide an outline of some of the most significant points for hospitals to use when confronted with a formal government investigation under the Criminal or Civil False Claims Act. As noted below, you should...more