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This issue of McDermott Will & Schulte’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for July 2025, including the results of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, DOJ...more
For the first time ever, a judge has ruled that the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act (FCA), which whistleblowers have used to recover $52 billion on behalf of the government since 1986, is unconstitutional....more
Like most industries, the health care sector is grappling with the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and what AI means for the future. At the same time, many health care companies already have integrated algorithms and AI...more
Prompt Payment Discounts Not an Anti-Kickback Statute Violation - In United States of Am. et al. ex rel. Ruscher v. Omnicare, No. 15-20629, 2016 WL 6407128 (5th Cir. Oct. 28, 2016), the court of appeals affirmed summary...more
With Halloween looming, a discussion of skeletons that may be lurking in a health care provider’s closet is timely. Many of our previous posts, as well as the monthly Qui Tam Updates published by our Health Care Enforcement...more
After the federal government’s victory against Tuomey Hospital, we have seen an increasing number of large False Claims Act (FCA) settlements with hospitals involving Stark Law allegations. Relators are even citing, as...more
A couple of years ago, we discussed in an article in this publication the willingness of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (“CMS”)and the United States Attorneys’ Office to pursue actions for violations of the False Claims Act...more
On August 3, 2015, in United States ex rel. Kane v. Healthfirst, Inc., et al., No. 1:11-cv-02325 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 3, 2015), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the first reported...more
The court’s interpretation complicates the already difficult task providers face in having sufficient time to assess and quantify potential overpayments. An August 3 decision in United States v. Continuum Health Partners...more
The federal physician self-referral ban or Stark law has been a part of the legal landscape for almost 25 years. The breadth of the law’s prohibitions, its strict liability formulation and draconian remedies have made it the...more
Last year continued the trend of robust False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and proliferating qui tam lawsuits brought by whistleblowers on behalf of the United States. In 2012, DOJ...more