False Claims Act Insights - An FCA Perspective on Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry
The State of Healthcare Enforcement
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What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 26, 2025
Key Discovery Points: Don’t Get Caught with Your Hand in the Production Cookie Jar
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False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
Podcast - Navigating the New Landscape of Private Equity in Healthcare
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 235: Revolutionizing Cancer Care with Eric Perrault of Kiyatec
Evolving AI Legislation: Federal Policies, Task Forces, and Proposed Laws — The Good Bot Podcast
CareYaya: A Revolutionary Approach to Elder Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 234: Life-Saving Collaboration in the Life Sciences Industry with John Crowley, President & CEO of BIO
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Breaking Down the Shifting Vaccine Policy Landscape – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Projections for 2025 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
This issue of McDermott Will & Schulte’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for July 2025, including the results of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, DOJ...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) once again addressed an industry-sponsored genetic testing program, posting a favorable decision on July 2, 2025 in Advisory Opinion (AO)...more
In today’s heightened enforcement environment, compliance auditing isn’t just a best practice—it’s a necessity. Federal and state laws and industry guidance, including the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Compliance Program...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for November 2024. We discuss several US Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement actions involving the False Claims Act (FCA) and the...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for September 2024. We discuss several enforcement actions pertaining to healthcare fraud, including alleged violations under the False...more
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released a favorable advisory opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 24-07 (the “Opinion”), to a nonprofit tax-exempt grant-making...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for June 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including guidance regarding hospital...more
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion 24-04, a favorable opinion analyzing a refund and discount program designed to alleviate the...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
On June 17, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted a favorable Advisory Opinion 24-03 (“AO 24-03”) involving a pharmaceutical manufacturer’s proposed patient...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
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for March 2024. We summarize a US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision interpreting the intent standard under the federal...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia recently dismissed an appeal by the Pharmaceutical Coalition for Patient Access (“PCPA”) that challenged a negative opinion issued by the U.S. Department...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new Innovation in...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for October 2023. We discuss several enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and the...more
On Oct. 25, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued an unfavorable opinion in response to a manufacturer’s proposal to offer and provide a free compatible...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for August 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more
On June 28, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), along with other federal and state law enforcement partners, announced a...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more
Without fanfare or any significant discussion, the Bipartisan Budget Act (Act) contains the first legislative action related to provider-based status—and it is a sweeping action with negative financial consequences to many...more
On August 12, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion No. 15-11, finding that a program to supply a limited amount of free cancer drugs to federal health...more
Last month, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a comprehensive report and data brief detailing its concerns about the ability of Medicare Part D sponsors – as...more
The update to the Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Work Plan includes new initiatives that may affect pharmaceutical companies and Medicare Part D payors and pharmacies. Annually, the Department of Health and Human Services...more
In recent years, copayment coupon programs have become standard promotional practices for both large and small pharmaceutical manufacturers. Copayment coupons are typically offered to commercially insured patients in order...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Special Advisory Bulletin titled, Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Copayment Coupons (Bulletin), and a report titled,...more