From the Editor’s Desk: Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections from July to August 2025
AI and the False Claims Act
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Daily Compliance News: June 16, 2025, The Golden Share Edition
Hospice Insights Podcast - Still Number One: Healthcare Fraud Remains Central in DOJ’s White Collar Enforcement Plan
False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation
Daily Compliance News: May 16, 2025, The Ethics Nightmare Edition
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
How Life Sciences Companies Can Create a Culture of Compliance When Expanding to the U.S. Market
False Claims Act Insights - DOJ’s Reliance on FCA to Pursue Covid-Related Fraud
UPIC Audits
Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Projections for 2025 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 10: Anti-Kickback Compliance for Hospice and Skilled Nursing Providers
False Claims Act Insights - Stranger Than Fiction? An FCA April Fools’ Day Episode
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 53 - Diagnosis: Innocent – A Doctor’s Journey to Acquittal
False Claims Act Insights - Reality Checks: How to Approach Healthcare Transactions Without Triggering FCA Liability
In this new episode of the HealthLaw HotSpot podcast, host Ericka Adler is joined by Roetzel litigation shareholder Michael Scotti to explore a growing and deeply concerning issue in health care: patients using threats, such...more
On November 6, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published the General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) as a revised reference guide for the healthcare compliance...more
As someone who cares about their health, you listen when your doctor recommends a procedure. But how can you be sure that your doctor’s suggestions are based on your own best interests rather than their own? Recent reports...more
In a climate of shrinking margins, diminishing reimbursement, and frequent denials, healthcare organizations may make efforts to increase the volume of services they provide, especially those that are more profitable. Of...more
This is the first post in this year’s series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Join us in the weeks ahead as we provide updates on new developments and emerging trends in a number of white...more
On August 2, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Arriva Medical LLC (Arriva), once the nation’s largest Medicare mail-order diabetic testing supplier, and its parent company, Alere Inc., have agreed to...more
You may have forgotten that there is a federal criminal identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, which says: Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection (c), knowingly transfers,...more
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
On January 21, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $3 million settlement with Patient Services, Inc. (PSI) to resolve allegations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations. The DOJ alleged that PSI enabled three...more
Enforcement - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Provision of Samples by a Device Distributor - On April 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a...more
• In an unusual move, the government has decided to pursue a False Claims Act (FCA) suit against a private equity firm based on an alleged commission scheme at its pharmacy portfolio company to promote sales of products...more