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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more
Private Equity focused on investment and operations within the Life Science industry faces significant compliance, operational and business risk due to the heavily regulated nature of the investment targets and portfolio...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights key regulatory and enforcement activity for March 2025. This month features: - Noteworthy enforcement actions demonstrating that the Anti-Kickback Statute...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2025, including long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more
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
Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce the release of the 13th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review examining important healthcare fraud developments in 2024. Compiled by the firm's Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Task Force,...more
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
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issues Special Fraud Alerts regarding healthcare fraud and abuse patterns or practices it has recently identified and intends to...more
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Teva USA) and Teva Neuroscience Inc. (“Teva”) agreed to pay $450 million to resolve two matters that allege Teva violated the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the False Claims Act (FCA). Teva is...more
The third quarter of this year brought numerous high-dollar False Claims Act (FCA) settlements involving a variety of industries and alleged conduct. Below are noteworthy resolutions that reflect recent enforcement trends....more
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group (AAEM-PG) recently settled a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Envision Healthcare and Envision Physician...more
DaVita is a regular target of government enforcement actions involving fraud and illegal kickbacks. It has an extensive history of violations and settlements....more
On June 27, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, which resulted in criminal charges against 193 defendants for alleged participation in various health care...more
On June 17, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion 24-03, approving an arrangement under which a pharmaceutical manufacturer provides travel, lodging, and...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for May 2024. We discuss several notable cases and enforcement resolutions, including the US Court of Appeals for the District of...more
On March 12, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an important decision interpreting the “willfulness” standard necessary to find a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The decision...more
The government’s continued dedication of resources to investigating and prosecuting fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs appears to have borne fruit according to the results of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task...more
Recent years have seen eye-popping judgments and settlements involving cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). And healthcare companies have, unsurprisingly, focused...more
We are pleased to bring you our 12th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review. Our Review provides comprehensive coverage of the most significant civil and criminal enforcement issues facing healthcare providers. Each year, we...more
On February 22, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual report of civil fraud recoveries for FY2023, along with a press release highlighting DOJ’s civil enforcement efforts. Our top ten observations from...more
For the year ending September 30, 2023, federal False Claims Act settlements and judgments exceeded $2.5 billion, much of which came from the health care industry. The largest, at over $487 million, stems from a finding by a...more
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
On November 15, 2023, the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $45.6 million consent judgment (Settlement) with six skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), as well as the owner of the SNFs and its management company which...more
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
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