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Noteworthy False Claims Act Settlement Demonstrates DOJ’s Continued Scrutiny of Arrangements Between Hospitals and Physician...

On May 14, 2025, Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center d/b/a Community Health System (CHS) and its technology partner, Physicians Network Advantage, Inc. (PNA), agreed to pay $31.5 million (the Settlement Agreement)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy - July 21st - 24th, Nashville, TN

Grounded in the OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance and DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, our immersive, three-and-a-half-day, classroom-style Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy equips compliance...more

Burr & Forman

A Reminder for All Health Care Providers When Forming Business Arrangements

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According to a federal district judge in Mississippi, a cancer center’s investors bought themselves a lawsuit because of a conscious decision not to structure the ownership arrangement in compliance with a safe harbor. A...more

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Understanding IRS Encouragement of PLRs for Healthcare Entities and Assessing Healthcare Corporate and Tax Structure For Tax...

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The IRS has recently been urging healthcare entities, particularly those involving physicians and private investors, to seek private letter rulings (PLRs) to clarify the tax implications of their ownership structures. This...more

Venable LLP

Event in Review: Private Equity Investment in Healthcare

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 28th Annual Compliance Institute - April 14th - 17th, Nashville, TN

Get ready to be inspired with game-changing insights and industry connections! For over two and a half decades, healthcare compliance professionals have gathered at HCCA’s Compliance Institute (CI) to share ideas, learn...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

[Webinar] 9th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference - December 14th - 15th, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm CST

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Please join us for the 9th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference hosted by Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association. Eligible for more than seven hours of CLE credit (including ethics), this...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

[Event] 9th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference - December 7th, Nashville, TN

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Please join us for the 9th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference hosted by Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association. Eligible for more than seven hours of CLE credit (including ethics), this...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Hybrid Event] Healthcare Litigation, Compliance and Investigations Forum 2023 - November 1st, Chicago, IL

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McDermott’s Healthcare Litigation, Compliance and Investigations Forum is back when you need it the most. Heightened regulatory scrutiny and enforcement activity pose legal, financial and reputational risks for healthcare...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

Dickinson Wright

[Webinar] Safeguarding Your Practice: 2022 Fraud and Abuse Updates - November 10th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

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This presentation will provide an update on significant changes in significant cases related to the Stark Law, Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and the Anti-Kickback Statute....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California District Court Finds that EKRA Applies to Compensation Methodologies for Labs’ Employed Marketers Who Market to...

Since its passage in late 2018, the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) (18 U.S.C. § 220) has posed interpretive challenges. Our detailed critical analysis of EKRA is available here...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OIG Permits Physician-Employer to Retain Profits from Anesthesia Services Provided by CRNA in Physician Office and ASC

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A pain management practice that employs a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) to provide anesthesia services in both an office location and an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) owned, in part, by the physician-owner...more

Dickinson Wright

[Webinar] First Annual Health Law Virtual Summit - November 4th - 5th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ET

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From new fraud and abuse rules, to telehealth and tax legislation to health care privacy and private equity in the healthcare space, a lot has changed in health law over the past year. Please join us for a two-day virtual...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2020

Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 25th Annual Compliance Institute - April 19th - 22nd, 9:30 am - 4:35 pm CDT

The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more

Oberheiden P.C.

EKRA Rules, Regulations & Compliance: 5 Tips that Health Care Providers Need to Know

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Most health care providers have at least a basic understanding of the Anti-Kickback Statute. This federal law prohibits providers from offering, paying, soliciting, or accepting any form of “remuneration” for patient...more

Butler Snow LLP

Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Waivers Prove to be Useful Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic … But, Will They Last?

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The novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has brought about unprecedented applications of certain federal healthcare laws and regulations, including the federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”) and the federal...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Post-Pandemic Legal Issues for Hospitals and Other Health Care Organizations - May 15th, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EST

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While hospitals and other health care organizations continue to focus on the challenges of treating COVID-19 patients and complying with newly-issued state government reopening orders, now is the time to begin planning for a...more

Winstead PC

[Webinar] A Look at Some Legal Implications of COVID-19 on Healthcare Real Estate - April 17th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CT

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The healthcare real estate industry finds itself in unchartered waters while grappling with the myriad issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Landlords are flooded with requests from tenants for rent relief as healthcare...more

Buchalter

Nation’s First Conviction under EKRA

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What appears to be the United States’ first conviction under the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (“EKRA”) occurred last month when the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky accepted the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] 2019 Q4 Healthcare Enforcement Roundup - February 5th, 2:30 pm ET

The final quarter of 2019 brought forward new guidance and proposed rules with major implications for healthcare companies, enforcement developments in healthcare private equity investing and opioid litigation matters, among...more

Winstead PC

Physician Non-Compete Agreements and the Anti-Kickback and Physician Self-Referral Laws

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It is common practice for a hospital to require a physician to sign a non-compete agreement whenever the hospital employs the physician or acquires the physician’s medical practice. In certain respects, that is to be...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

New Florida Health Care Bill in Florida Creates Uncertainty as to its Application

On June 27, 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 369 (the “Bill”) into law, which became effective July 1, 2019.  The Bill was drafted in response to a recommendation from State Attorney Dave Aronberg’s Sober Home...more

Ruder Ware

Congress Creates a Mess by Enacting the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018

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Congress has activated a new Anti-Kickback law known as Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (commonly referred to as EKRA). The new Anti-Kickback law applies to arrangements involving recovery homes, clinical...more

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