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Navigating Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) in 2025: A Snapshot Guide for Medical Practices

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 7/15/2025

In today’s healthcare environment, compliance with federal regulations is more than a legal necessity—it’s a cornerstone of ethical and sustainable practice management. Two of the most critical laws that medical practices...more

OIG Nursing Facility Compliance Program Guidance: Renewed Focus on Fraud and Abuse

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/12/2025

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) release of Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) for the first time since 2008 reemphasizes the...more

OIG Issues Nursing Facility Compliance Guidance

King & Spalding on 12/2/2024

On November 20, 2024, OIG released new compliance program guidelines for nursing facilities titled, “Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance” (the Nursing Facility ICPG or the Guidance). The...more

NY Medical College Clashes With OIG After Audit Questions $7.5M, PI Salaries, ‘Illegible Signatures’

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/24/2024

New York Medical College (NYMC) officials thought the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit was wrapping up in December 2021, based on what “the original senior auditor” told them. But the auditor retired and work...more

Hospital Settles CMP Case Over Free APPs; 'Bona Fide' Use Shouldn't Inspire Fear, Lawyer Says

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/31/2024

In a case that may hit a raw compliance nerve, Ascension Macomb Oakland Hospital in Michigan has agreed to pay $100,000 in a settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) over free services provided to certain...more

OIG December Enforcement Summary

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 1/12/2024

The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

HHS Office of Inspector General October 2023 Enforcement Activity

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 11/8/2023

The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

DOJ: Stanford FCA Case Involved Failures to Disclose Foreign Support From Seven Countries

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 10/26/2023

Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 11 (November, 2023) It wasn't just China. China is among the countries whose support for Stanford University investigators wasn’t reported to five federal research funding agencies,...more

HHS Office of Inspector General August 2023 Enforcement Activity

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 9/8/2023

The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

Continued: Summary of Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Yields Insight for Health Care Compliance and Risk Assessment

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 7/8/2022

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

Summary of Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Yields Insight for Health Care Compliance and Risk Assessment

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 6/24/2022

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

No Time to Rest: HHS Marches Ahead with Interoperability and Information Blocking Updates

Baker Donelson on 4/30/2020

On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a series of announcements signaling its intention to finalize and enforce certain aspects of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Cures Act...more

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Pays More than $108 Million to Settle Kickback Violations

The Volkov Law Group on 10/23/2019

Just to repeat myself – pharmaceutical and medical device firms face extraordinary risks of enforcement under the False Claims Act. While everyone likes to write and focus on FCPA or anti-corruption risks for global drug and...more

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/13/2018

On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more

Enforcement and Litigation Strategies: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Seminar

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/30/2018

On March 15, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Seminar in Palo Alto, California, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry. The...more

Day 5 of One Month to a Better Board-the OIG Guidance for Board's Regarding Compliance

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 2/7/2017

In this episode I consider the OIG Guidance for the Compliance Committee of a Board. ...more

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