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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

EnforceMintz — COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Unlikely to Slow Down in 2024

Mintz on 2/9/2024

The government continued to dedicate enormous resources to investigating and prosecuting fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs in 2023. While we observed some civil False Claims Act settlements, criminal enforcement...more

Telehealth: A New Opportunity for Fraudsters

The Volkov Law Group on 7/5/2023

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

DOJ Intensifies Criminal Prosecutions Of Health Care Fraud Related To COVID-19

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/8/2021

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has intensified its already aggressive crackdown on fraud related to COVID-19, recently announcing criminal charges against a telemedicine company executive, a physician, marketers and medical...more

Episode 173 -- Review of HHS-OIG Fraud Alert for Speaker Programs

The Volkov Law Group on 12/13/2020

In a far-reaching action, the Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert underscoring the “inherent fraud and abuse risks” associated with company-sponsored speaker...more

Flirting with Disaster: SBA Inspector General Warns of “Serious Concerns” of Fraud in Coronavirus Disaster-Relief Loan Program in...

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/6/2020

On July 28, 2020, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a Management Alert entitled “Serious Concerns of Potential Fraud in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program...more

OIG Penalties Expand to Grant and Contract Fraud

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/29/2020

On April 21, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a proposed rule that would amend its civil money penalty (CMP) regulations to address a 21st Century Cures Act...more

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