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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

“Longstanding and Clear”: OIG Continues Characteristic Close Scrutiny of Below-Market Benefits to Referral Sources

The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released two unfavorable advisory opinions, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 25-04 and -08 (the “Opinions”) to medical device...more

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Texas Lab Settles Unnecessary Drug Testing Allegations for $6 Million

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A laboratory company based in Texas, Genotox Laboratories Ltd., recently reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute violations, stemming from allegations related to...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Medical Device Company to Pay Over $700,000 To Resolve Criminal Allegations

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Medical Device Company to Pay Over $700,000 To Resolve Criminal Allegations - On January 4, 2023, a criminal information was filed in the Southern District of Illinois, in which Jet Medical Inc. (Jet), a medical device...more

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Healthcare Law Update: April 2021

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William F. Gould In United States v. Merino, No. 19-50291, 2021 WL 754589 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2021), the court of appeals reversed the conviction of Marina Merino of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in violation of 18...more

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Medtronic Settles Kickback And Open Payments Violations For $9.2M

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on October 29 that Medtronic USA Inc. agreed to pay $8.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and federal Anti-Kickback Statute by paying...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Justice Department recovers more than $3 billion from False Claims Act cases in FY 2019

Compliance Today (March 2020) - In January, Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division announced that it “obtained more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Health Care Investigation Trends: Corporate Integrity Agreements No Longer a Given

2017 was slightly above average for new corporate integrity agreements (CIAs), with 46 entered into by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and companies and individuals...more

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Recent FCA Settlement Shows That What’s Old Is New in Health Care Fraud Enforcement

Last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced that it had entered into an agreement with a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer to settle allegations that the Company had...more

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Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

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A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

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The 21st Century Cures Act: FDA Reforms Aim to Spur Innovation in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Health Research Sectors

On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act (Act), one of the most important pieces of health care and life sciences legislation in several decades. The Act is intended to spur the rapid...more

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