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Healthcare Anti-Kickback Statute Federal Health Care Programs (FHCP)

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OIG Advisory Opinion 25-08: Unfavorable DME – Vendor Payment Arrangement

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On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 25-08, an unfavorable opinion discussing a proposed arrangement in which a medical device company...more

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FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest — Fall 2024 False Claims Act Newsletter

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Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and compliance...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Fault Lines Expected to Deepen: Major False Claims Act Circuit Split

The health care industry is anxiously awaiting the First Circuit’s ruling on the standard of causation for actions brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) predicated on a federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violation. The...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Key Takeaways from the OIG’s New Comprehensive General Compliance Program Guidance

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) on November 6, 2023, marking the first update to OIG’s compliance program guidance...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Expect the Expected: OIG Remains Suspicious of Suspect Contractual Joint Ventures in Advisory Opinion Involving IONM Industry

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On August 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-05, finding that an entity’s proposal to facilitate referring surgeons’ ownership of turnkey...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Risks of Ignoring Healthcare Laws & Regulations

Recent cases of fraud and abuse in the healthcare industry serve as a reminder of the importance of healthcare law compliance and ethical medical business practices. One such case is the qui tam relator case against...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

OIG Approves Cash Equivalents Paid to Patients Participating in Contingency Management Program Offered Through Digital Health...

Contingency management (CM) is a form of intervention treatment program that incentivizes patients with substance use disorders to observe certain conditions—such as non-use of drugs or alcohol confirmed via urine drug...more

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Millennium Health to Pay $256 million in False Claims Act Settlement

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Millennium Health, one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing laboratories, has agreed to pay the government $256 million to resolve claims that it violated the Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”). The Settlement...more

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