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Bricker Graydon LLP

Marketing Risks in Telehealth: Recent Prosecutions and Important Reminders

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On July 9, 2025, Dr. Mohammed Ahmad of Avon, Ohio, pleaded guilty to making false statements related to health care matters in connection with a telemedicine scheme involving durable medical equipment (DME). ...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more

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EnforceMintz — Tele-Fraud Enforcement in 2023 Remained Focused on Same Schemes as Years Past

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Government enforcement activities focused on tele-fraudsters remained active in 2023, but did not break substantial new ground. Several significant criminal resolutions last year involved allegations that were similar to each...more

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Remote Patient Monitoring: OIG Issues Consumer Alert

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On November 22, 2023, while many were preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted a consumer alert (Alert) warning the public about a fraud scheme involving monthly billing for remote...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Healthcare compliance in a post-pandemic world

On January 31, 2020, pursuant to Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) determined that a public health emergency (PHE) exists due to the soaring...more

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OIG Warns Health Care Practitioners About Fraud Schemes With Telemedicine Companies in Special Fraud Alert

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On July 20, 2022, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert cautioning physicians and other health care practitioners to use “heightened scrutiny” when entering into telemedicine arrangements that...more

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OIG Alert and DOJ Enforcement Action Summary: Telemedicine Arrangements

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The July 20, 2022 Special Fraud Alert describes findings from what OIG describes as “dozens of investigations of fraud schemes involving companies that purported to provide telehealth, telemedicine, or telemarketing services”...more

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Suspect Characteristics Identified under a Telehealth Special Fraud Alert

HHS-OIG issued a new Special Fraud Alert on relationships with “purported telemedicine companies” on July 20, 2022. The Special Fraud Alert comes on the heels of a nationally coordinated takedown charging dozens of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Atlanta & Charlotte Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - January 14th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EST

First-class compliance training from your home or office! HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance training that includes updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

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DOJ Telemedicine Offensive Pushes Forward with New Charges

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For the past two years, telemedicine companies, durable medical equipment suppliers, pharmacies, and individuals and entities that market to such entities have been at the center of DOJ gunsights. In 2019, the Department...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OIG Warns Telehealth Industry: “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility”

On February 4, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Office of Public Affairs, issued a Press Release (the “DOJ Press Release”) announcing that Kelly Wolfe, President of Regency, Inc., a medical billing company located in...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Medical Supply Exec Agrees to Pay $20.3 Million to Settle FCA Claims

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Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries - Medical Supply Exec Agrees to Pay $20.3 Million to Settle FCA Claims - Kelly Wolfe of Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, has agreed to a $20.3 million...more

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COVID-19: CARES Act Overview: Relevant Health Care Provisions

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On March 27, 2020, the United States Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which President Donald J. Trump signed into law on the same day (Public Law No: 116-136). The CARES Act is...more

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Implications Of The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – Healthcare Providers

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On Mar. 25, the Senate passed H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The House of Representatives passed the CARES Act on Mar. 27, and President Trump signed the bill later in the day,...more

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