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DOJ Health Care Fraud Takedown and FCA Working Group Signal New Era of Enforcement and Compliance Risks

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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the next phase of the Administration’s “Whole-of-Government” approach to fighting health care...more

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DOJ and HHS Announce False Claims Act Working Group & Enforcement Priority Areas

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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the formation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group, signaling a continued and coordinated...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Medical Group and Related Parties to Pay Over $62 Million to Resolve FCA Claims for False Diagnoses

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Medical Group and Related Parties to Pay Over $62 Million to Resolve FCA Claims for False Diagnoses - On March 26, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a California-based medical group and related parties...more

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EnforceMintz — Artificial Intelligence and False Claims Act Enforcement

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sutter Health Settles Medicare Fraud Case For $90 Million: The Largest Settlement For Medicare Advantage Fraud

A major California-based health care system, Sutter Health, and several of its medical practice foundation affiliates have agreed to pay a total of $90 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

D.C. Circuit Ruling Escalates False Claims Act Risk for Medicare Advantage Organizations

In a ruling that may portend a significant uptick in False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower cases, last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a 2018 decision that vacated Medicare's...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2022 Managed Care Compliance Conference - January 30th - February 1st, Phoenix, AZ

Attend our annual event for those who manage compliance at health plan providers. Explore topics and issues that are pertinent to industry professionals like you. Learn the latest practices, share strategies, and connect with...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Medicare Advantage: Recent Developments in FCA Enforcement

The Medicare Advantage program, which allows private insurance companies to offer and administer Medicare benefits, continues to be an area of sharp scrutiny for False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement despite some significant...more

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DOJ Intervenes in Another Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment FCA Suit

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On December 11, 2018, the United States announced that it has elected to intervene in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit filed against Sutter Health and its affiliated entity Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) alleging that...more

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Federal Court Strikes DOJ's Risk Adjustment False Claims Act Case - For Now

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On October 5, a federal district court in California dealt a significant setback to the government’s efforts to extend False Claims Act (FCA) liability to Medicare risk adjustment submissions....more

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Justice Department Joins Whistleblower Suit Accusing UnitedHealth Group of Overcharging Medicare by “Hundreds of Millions”

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a whistleblower lawsuit, United States of America ex rel Benjamin Poehling v. Unitedhealth Group Inc., No. 16-08697 (Cent. Dist. Cal. Sep. 17, 2010), ECF No. 79, against...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Bipartisan Spotlight on Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Fraud Likely to Spur Audits

Potential fraud and abuse in the Medicare Advantage Program (“MA Program”) has become the focus of two senior-ranking Senators on each side of the aisle—Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)—and this attention...more

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