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OIG Nursing Facility Compliance Program Guidance: Renewed Focus on Fraud and Abuse

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The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) release of Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) for the first time since 2008 reemphasizes the...more

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Enhancing Compliance in Nursing Facilities: OIG's New Guidance

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG) for nursing facilities...more

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Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review

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Introduction - Polsinelli proudly introduces the Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review, a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape surrounding the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and fraud & abuse enforcement...more

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Lessons for Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities From the ‘Largest Health Care Fraud Case’

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Phillip Esformes, the alleged mastermind of one of “the largest single criminal health care fraud cases ever brought against individuals by the Department of Justice,”has finally reached a plea deal with the Department of...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | July 2022 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant activity between June 21 and July 20, 2022. During this period, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, which historically...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | May 2022 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights notable enforcement activity between April 21 and May 20, 2022, including a telemedicine case involving $64 million in false and fraudulent claims. We also...more

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Skyline Fraud Charges Serve as a Warning to Inexperienced Operators

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In the past month, state and federal prosecutors have separately charged the former CEO of Skyline Healthcare, Joseph Schwartz, with Medicaid and tax fraud. The criminal actions, which represent the latest legal action...more

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Potential False Claims Act Liability For Nursing Homes

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The  FCA is the Department of Justice’s Key Tool in Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse - The False Claims Act (“FCA”) provides a remedy of civil damages when a party 1) makes a false statement or engages in a...more

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DOJ Targets Nursing Fraud with New Task Forces

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On March 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice launched 10 regional task forces targeting “grossly substandard care” in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities across the country. The task forces combine federal,...more

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Government’s Objections to Non-Intervened FCA Settlement Are Unreasonable – Now What?

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Recently, South Carolina U.S. District Judge Joseph Anderson, Jr. issued an opinion in which he struggled with how to handle a non-intervened qui tam brought under the Federal False Claims Act (FCA). In his opinion, Judge...more

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