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Dentons

Ep. 68 – Before You Audit—Why Pre-Audit Planning Matters

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If you’re preparing to launch an audit within your healthcare organization, pause for a moment and consider this: how well you plan before the audit begins can significantly affect the outcome—and your risk exposure. This...more

King & Spalding

OIG Releases Audit of Medicare Payments for Evaluation Management Services Billed on the Same Day as Eye Injections

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On May 27, 2025, HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report outlining its finding that Medicare payments for evaluation management (E&M) services provided on the same day as eye injections were at risk for...more

Dentons

Ep. 59 – Treating Medicare Beneficiaries as a Cash-Based Practice

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Cash-based practices, or providers who neither participate with nor bill insurers, are becoming increasingly common, especially in certain specialties such as primary care, women’s health, and mental health. While providers...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Navigating Compliance Risks in Laboratory Operations—Key Lessons from a Recent FCA Case

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A recent False Claims Act (FCA) litigation—Jensen ex rel. United States of America v. Genesis Laboratory—highlights critical compliance risks for laboratories. This case reinforces the need for laboratories to ensure...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

How PPM Health Plans Can Solve the MEWA Problem

While a physician practice management (PPM) structure allows for compliance with corporate practice of medicine laws and ease of administration, it often creates inadvertent health plan issues that should be navigated...more

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,...

The Emergency Room—The Front Door to the Hospital (Fraud Schemes)?

Fraud related to hospital services – both inpatient and outpatient – has led to over $511 million in damages and hundreds of millions of dollars in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements over the past 15 years. The ER has been...more

Whiteford

Navigating Value-Based Care in Anesthesia: Enhancing Patient Outcomes Amid Legal Complexities

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Value-based care (VBC) is a healthcare delivery model that prioritizes patient outcomes over the volume of services provided. This approach aims to enhance the quality of care while controlling costs by incentivizing...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Virginia Hospital Indicted for Allegedly Turning a Blind Eye to Doctor’s Crimes

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In an unusual criminal prosecution, the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC), a hospital in Chesapeake, Virginia, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Virginia for conspiring to defraud the United States and...more

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EnforceMintz — 2024’s Key False Claims Act Settlements Involving Hospitals and Health Systems: Continued Focus on Stark Law and...

In 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved several noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) cases against hospitals and health systems. In particular, DOJ obtained a number of large recoveries in cases where Stark Law and...more

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Second Circuit Expands Anti-Kickback Statute Liability: “At Least One Purpose” is Enough

In a significant ruling, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently expanded the scope of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).The Court joined other circuit courts across the country in adopting, for the first time, the...more

Whiteford

Navigating New Medicare Overpayment Rules and Practical Tips to Comply

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On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute) for Medicare Parts A and B as...more

Dentons

Ep. 32 – An Easy Audit Tip to Help Avoid Overpayments

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Looking for a simple, easy-to-implement way to lower your risk of overpayments? We have one on this week’s podcast!...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance with Medicare’s updated 2024 split (or shared) visit policy

Split (or shared) visits—the current term used by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—allow non-physician practitioners (NPPs) and physicians who work for the same employer/entity to share patient visits on the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

A Long-Awaited Change: OIG Updates its Compliance Program Guidances

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From 1998-2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published compliance program guidelines for various industries in the Federal Register....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - January 26th, Atlanta, GA

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education on a wide variety of current and emerging topics...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - September 8th, Waltham, MA

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education that covers a wide variety of current and emerging...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

News Briefs: July 2023

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 32, no 25 (July 2023) Hospices in four states will face heightened oversight. “CMS is placing newly enrolling hospices located in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas in a provisional...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Columbus & Indianapolis Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - June 2nd, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm ET

General and specialty compliance education from the comfort of your home or office - HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance learning that covers a wide variety of...more

Smith Anderson

Key Regulatory Considerations for Direct Pay and Concierge Models in Family Medicine

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As the health care industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, many family physicians are exploring innovative practice models, including concierge and direct pay care. These models have gained traction in primary care in...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Enforcement actions relating to a lack of medical necessity

In a climate of shrinking margins, diminishing reimbursement, and frequent denials, healthcare organizations may make efforts to increase the volume of services they provide, especially those that are more profitable. Of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

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

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

“Stark” Rules: Navigating Physician Leases and Subleases

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Under the Federal Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (more commonly known as “Stark”), if a physician has a financial relationship with an entity, the physician may not refer patients to the entity for medical services payable...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Scottsdale Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - November 5th, Scottsdale, AZ

Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 32. News Briefs: September 2021

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 32 (September 13, 2021) - Saint Francis Medical Center in Missouri agreed to pay $1.625 million in a civil settlement of allegations it violated the Controlled Substances Act, the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hospital Settles FCA Case Filed by CO Over Modifiers; Make Sure People ‘Feel Heard’

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 32 (September 13, 2021) - John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle false claims allegations in a case with a hot risk area, a...more

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