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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +

EKRA Has Teeth: Ninth Circuit Upholds Lab Operator’s Criminal Conviction for Paying Marketers for Referrals

Venable LLP on 8/1/2025

In a matter of first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals interpreted the scope of the 2018 Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) in the context of a lab operator who allegedly paid marketers to induce...more

U.S. Reaches False Claims Act Settlement After Cardiologist Pays Millions in Kickbacks for Referrals

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 9/22/2023

On September 18th, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (includes Manhattan and the Bronx) announced a settlement with a cardiologist, Klaus Peter Rentrop (“Rentrop”), and his medical practice...more

Healthcare Law Update: October 2021

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/18/2021

Kathryn Isted In Harbor Healthcare System, L.P. v. United States, 5 F.4th 593 (5th Cir. 2021), the court of appeals ruled that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to exercise its equitable jurisdiction over a...more

Nonprofit Hospital System and Physician Practice Reach $10 Million Settlement for False Claims Act Allegations

ArentFox Schiff on 4/27/2020

Nonprofit Hospital System and Physician Practice Reach $10 Million Settlement for False Claims Act Allegations - Centra Health Inc., a nonprofit hospital system, and Blue Ridge Ear, Nose, Throat and Plastic Surgery, Inc.,...more

Health Care Fraud and Abuse in the Middle District of Florida in 2016 - a Year in Review

Carlton Fields on 2/22/2017

The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Middle District of Florida (USAO-MDFL) prosecuted several civil health care fraud matters in 2016 and issued related press releases. A review of the USAO-MDFL’s criminal and...more

Time to Revisit Your Physician Relationships

Baker Donelson on 7/17/2015

On June 9, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General issued a new Fraud Alert entitled "Physician Compensation Arrangements May Result in Significant Liability" (Alert) in the wake of 12...more

Record $17M Settlement Of False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Doctor Kickbacks

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/3/2015

Hailed as “another achievement” for the government’s Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (referred to as “HEAT”), the U.S. Department of Justice has announced that a Florida skilled nursing company and...more

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