Podcast: Hot Areas in COVID-19 Enforcement, Testing, and Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 1 - The Anatomy of a PPP Fraud Investigation
Navigating Potential COVID Relief and Healthcare Fraud Issues
Credit Eco to Go Podcast: The XYZ’s of the PPP
Labor & Employment Podcast Series, Biden’s First 100 Days: A Check-In for Employers.
Applying for PPP Loan Before March 31st Deadline
Coronavirus in the Workplace
PPP Loans: Frequently Asked Questions
Paycheck Protection Program – Common Questions and Updated Guidance
COVID-19 Relief in 2021: What Small Businesses Need to Know
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part Three
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part Two
When Is Form 1099-C Required of Lenders? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 16]
COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision, COVID WARN Act Developments
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part One
Employment Law Now IV-85- Updates on the PPP Loan Process and Loan Forgiveness
Coronavirus in the Workplace - PPP Update, NY Revised Travel Advisory, FFCRA, NY PSL, Albany Update
Law Brief: Elishama Rudolph and Rich Schoenstein Talk PPP Loan Forgiveness
On-Demand Webinar | PPP Loan Forgiveness: Employment and Tax Issues for Borrowers
Nota Bene Episode 95: Mapping Capital Markets and Securities Enforcement in the Current COVID-19 Moment with Jamie Mercer and John Stigi
On June 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest coordinated health care fraud enforcement effort in U.S. history, involving criminal charges against over 300 defendants and over $14.6 billion in health care...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the next phase of the Administration’s “Whole-of-Government” approach to fighting health care...more
Seabrook Rehab Center to Pay $19.75 Million for FCA Violations - A New Jersey drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, Seabrook, will pay $19.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by...more
Home Health Care Company to Pay $3 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Saad Enterprises Incorporated, operating as Saad Healthcare, agreed to pay $3 million to resolve...more
In last year’s edition of EnforceMintz, we predicted that 2024 would bring an increase in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement activity related to COVID-19 pandemic fraud. Those predictions proved correct. The COVID-19 Fraud...more
Texas Pharmaceutical Marketer Sentenced for $59 Million Medications Fraud Conspiracy - On July 12, Quintan Cockerell, a Texas pharmaceutical marketer, was sentenced to over two years in prison and ordered to pay more than...more
Whenever new technologies emerge or new pots of government funds for assistance are available, you can count on one thing (as the sun rises and sets) – fraudsters will figure out a way to steal money from innocent persons and...more
Court Unseals Charges Alleging Nearly $15 Million in Fraudulent PPP Loans - Earlier this week, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging six...more
Surgeon To Pay Up to $43 Million for FCA Fraud - A Michigan vascular surgeon, Vasso Godiali, was sentenced to 80 months in prison for defrauding health care programs in connection with his submission of false claims for...more
COVID-19 Fraud Update: DOJ Prosecutes More than 150 Defendants, 95 Criminal Cases - Since the inception of the CARES Act, DOJ’s Fraud Section has prosecuted over 150 defendants in over 95 criminal cases. The Fraud Section...more
Jury Orders Eli Lilly To Pay $61 Million - A federal jury in Illinois found that, beginning around 2004, drug manufacturer Eli Lilly deliberately underpaid rebates to Medicare programs by excluding retroactive drug prices...more
The second quarter of 2022 brought a number of noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) settlements, including several of $20 million or more. This post summarizes key settlements of interest to healthcare providers....more
The Department of Justice announced in a February 1, 2022 press release (Press Release) that it obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims in the fiscal year...more
On March 10, 2021, US Congress finalized and passed the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (ARPA), the latest COVID-19 relief package that largely tracks President Joe Biden’s initial $1.9 trillion proposal. The ARPA extends...more
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, 2021, passed the Senate-amended H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The ARP provides $1.9 trillion in additional relief to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more
This month, HHS released over twenty new and modified Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding payments distributed to providers via the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. The FAQs cover a wide range of topics, including...more
The House and Senate returned to Washington July 20, and a second Coronavirus Relief Package is at the top of the agenda. Passed in late May on party-line voting, the House Democrats' HEROES Act would provide over $3.5...more
COVID Relief Program Fraud Charges - DOJ continues to announce charges against defendants accused of fraud in connection with allegedly false loan applications submitted under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...more
On April 24, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act was signed into law, appropriating $75 billion for hospitals and other eligible health care providers for health care related expenses or lost...more
Congress Replenishes Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Through its Phase Four Coronavirus Relief Package. On Tuesday, via unanimous consent, the Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020...more
Summary - Late yesterday, the Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020. The measure appropriates a total of $484 billion, mainly to refund the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), but also to provide...more
The CARES Act adds $100 billion to the “Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund” to reimburse “eligible health care providers” for “health care-related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to Coronavirus.”...more
The CARES Act establishes a $500 billion loan program accessible by cities, states, and businesses, while also providing for more than $250 billion in direct funding to state and local governments. The majority of the direct...more
On April 10, the Internal Revenue Service published responses to frequently asked questions with respect to the payroll tax deferral provisions of the CARES Act, including clarification that employers that take loans under...more
With the passage of the CARES Act, $100 billion has been appropriated to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (“PHSSEF”), to be administered by a small agency within the Department of Health and Human Services...more