Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: Hospices Fare Well in Federal Court
HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
Podcast - Innovations and Insights in the Palliative Care Space
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: David Beats Goliath
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
UPIC Audits
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 10: Anti-Kickback Compliance for Hospice and Skilled Nursing Providers
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
Hospice Insights Podcast - One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Figuring Out What is Your Hospice+
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 27: U.S. Healthcare Reimbursement Guidance for Foreign Life Sciences Companies
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 8: Hospice Special Focus Program: Pumping the Brakes
Hospice Insights Podcast - Meet the New Laws, Same as the Old Laws: Overpayment Recoupment Update
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How the Demise of Chevron Deference and Other Litigation May Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Are Payers Responding to the IRA?
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Rise in Medicare Deactivations: Tips for Avoiding This Financial Pain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 187: South Carolina Hospitals and Healthcare Industry Trends with Thornton Kirby, SCHA President
A Fond Farewell: Musings on the End of the Medicare Advantage Hospice Carve-In Demonstration
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 173: Improving rural health care with Dr. Kevin Bennett, the Director of the Research Center for Transforming Health and the
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have formed a new False Claims Act (FCA) Working Group, according to a joint announcement issued by DOJ on July 2, 2025....more
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
Cooperation Spares Former NBA Shooting Guard From Prison - Former National Basketball Association (NBA) shooting guard, Antoine Wright, was sentenced to time served after he pled guilty to conspiracy and aggravated...more
Government enforcement activities focused on tele-fraudsters remained active in 2023, but did not break substantial new ground. Several significant criminal resolutions last year involved allegations that were similar to each...more
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded payment for remote monitoring services in an effort to pay for non-face-to-face services that improve care coordination for Medicare...more
Healthcare fraud related to durable medical equipment (DME) is extremely costly to insurers yet often continues without criminal or civil consequences. Fraudulent schemes by DME supply companies vary in complexity but...more
The following is a summary of the federal Health and Human Services agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported are based...more
Quality Improvement Organization Releases Guidance on Short-Stay Reviews – As previously reported, in July 2015, CMS announced that Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) would begin conducting reviews of certain inpatient ...more
Federal prosecutors have turned their attention to physicians for Medicare fraud prosecution. Physicians who participate in the Medicare program have to be aware of the significant risks of Medicare fraud....more
A new Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) website offers intel on reimbursement appeal status, but does little to speed up the appeal process or eliminate the current backlog. It does, however, provide useful...more
The common industry practice of compensating independent contractor sales representatives on a "percentage of sales" commission basis may be creating an enhanced risk of False Claims Act liability for illegal kickbacks in...more
CMS recently took the unusual step of issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding changes to Medicare payment methodologies for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS)...more
On February 26, 2014, CMS published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to proposed changes to the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) Medicare reimbursement methodologies. ...more
The 2009 Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided no shortage of new regulations for health care providers of every shape and size. One such item is the requirement that providers that enrolled in Medicare prior to March 25,...more
The 2013 Final Physician Fee Schedule included final regulations for the durable medical equipment (DME) face-to-face encounter requirement for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries....more
Last year was another busy year in health care fraud enforcement. In 2012, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG) reported total expected recoveries of $6.9 billion from all...more
From the perspective of False Claims Act (FCA) results, 2012 was a decidedly mixed year for healthcare providers. The bad news was quite bad—increased FCA scrutiny by the Department of Justice (DOJ) led to $3 billion of...more