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DOJ Announces Largest-Ever National Healthcare Fraud Takedown and Launches New Data Fusion Center

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In June 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, marking the largest coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement action in DOJ history. The sweep included charges against a...more

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DOJ Remains Focused on Domestic Health Care Fraud

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued its annual Health Care Fraud Takedown results, announcing a record-breaking 324 defendants, including 96 doctors and licensed professionals, as well as more than $14.6 billion...more

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DOJ Unveils Record-Breaking National Health Care Fraud Takedown

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Key Takeaways - DOJ’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown was a record-breaking operation that resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants and targeted schemes involving over $14.6 billion in intended losses....more

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A Deep Dive Into the CMS Program Management FY 2026 Budget Request

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As discussed in last week’s Regs & Eggs blog post, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released additional budget documents to support the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary request....more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 6, June 2025

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Welcome to our sixth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the impact of supply chain and tariff issues on the industry, the veto of Florida's...more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 4, April 2025

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Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at prior authorization transparency and physician decision-making; the impact of Medicaid cuts...more

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Some COVID-Era Medicare Telehealth Waivers Extended through March 31

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The American Relief Act, 2025, signed into law on December 21, included a short-term extension of certain telehealth waivers that went into effect in the early days of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. These waivers, for...more

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Regulatory Implications of the Continuing Resolution Healthcare Package

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Earlier this week, Congress released the text of a continuing resolution that includes a more-robust-than-anticipated healthcare package. While the bill’s primary purpose is to keep the government open through March 14, 2025,...more

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Legal Update: Key Takeaways: HHS and DOJ’s Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Report

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On December 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023 (the Report). The Report...more

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Trending in Telehealth: October 7 – 14, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services: 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Would Expand Access and Medicare Coverage

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On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) for the calendar year 2025. The Proposed Rule would implement certain provisions of the...more

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Trending in Telehealth: May 28 – June 3, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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A Pharmacist's Guide To Prescription Drug Fraud Investigations

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Prescription drug fraud has long been a focus for government regulators, but it has taken on new significance in the wake of America’s opioid crisis. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human...more

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Doctors: Don’t Fall Victim To Telemedicine Fraud Schemes

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Telemedicine companies are supposed to facilitate medically necessary services to beneficiaries over the telephone via licensed medical professionals. In reality, however, many of these “telemedicine companies” are...more

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OIG January 2024 Enforcement Summary

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The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

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The Fall 2023 Unified Agenda - Implications for 2024

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On December 6, the Biden administration released its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. A unified agenda is issued in the spring and fall each year; it outlines federal agencies' areas of focus...more

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Looking Forward: Top Policy Areas for 2024

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Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we want to lay out some of the main regulatory issues (both new and old) that McDermott+Consulting will be tracking over the next year. While these may evolve, we think they are still...more

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Telemental Health Laws: 2023 Overview

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Since 2016, Epstein Becker Green (EBG) attorneys have researched, compiled, and analyzed state-specific content relating to the regulatory requirements for professional mental/behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders...more

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End of COVID-19 Emergency: Legal Implications for Healthcare Providers

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On Jan. 30, 2023, President Joe Biden announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end May 11, 2023. Under the PHE, the federal government implemented a range of modifications and waivers impacting Medicare,...more

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Two Weeks’ Notice for the Public Health Emergency: What’s Next for Telehealth

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its plan to end the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 on May 11, 2023. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency declarations, legislation, and...more

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The Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Part II – Impact on the Provision of Medical Services via Telehealth

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As announced by the White House on January 30, 2023, the public health emergency (PHE) is set to end on May 11, 2023. The end of the PHE also brings an end to several flexibilities that were implemented that impact telehealth...more

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A Complex Regulatory Landscape Emerges for Telemedicine

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Every year, Rock Health surveys the digital health landscape, noting the changing trends related to adoption by providers, patients and payers of these innovative new technologies....more

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Themes from American Health Law Association’s 2023 Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues

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I am fresh back from Baltimore, Maryland, where I was on the faculty of AHLA’s annual Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues. I have been on the faculty of this program for a dozen years, and am always thrilled to...more

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COVID-19 Public Health Emergency – Compliance Considerations as We Prepare for the End of the PHE

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On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced plans to end the Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. The PHE was enacted on January 27, 2020, to provide flexibility to healthcare providers and payors...more

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Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Report Highlights Telehealth Program Integrity Concerns

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On July 20, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Alert) concerning the fraud and abuse risks associated with healthcare practitioners entering...more

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