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Precision Toxicology Agrees to Pay $27M Over Drug Testing and Kickback Allegations

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On October 15, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that his office reached a $27 million settlement with Precision Toxicology to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to government health...more

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Teva Pharmaceuticals Pays $450 Million to Resolve Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act Violations

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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Teva USA) and Teva Neuroscience Inc. (“Teva”) agreed to pay $450 million to resolve two matters that allege Teva violated the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the False Claims Act (FCA). Teva is...more

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Third-Party Co-Pay Assistance Program Kickback Scheme Results in $450 Million DOJ Settlement

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Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest generic drug manufacturer in the United States, has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute arising from purported...more

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Gentiva Pays $19.4 Million for False Claims Act Violations Involving Hospice Care

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Gentiva, the renamed former Kindred at Home, agreed to pay $19.4 million to resolve claims that its predecessor company, Kindred at Home and related companies, violated the False Claims Act by retaining overpayments for...more

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DOJ Charges 36 Defendants in Connection with Telemedicine and Clinical Laboratory Fraud and Abuse Schemes

On June 27, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, which resulted in criminal charges against 193 defendants for alleged participation in various health care...more

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DOJ Renews Focus on Private Equity Amid Record False Claims Act Enforcement

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2023 was another record year for False Claims Act enforcement. On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the federal government and whistleblowers were party to a record number of FCA...more

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DOJ Announces Nearly $2.7 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Year 2023

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During remarks to False Claims Act (FCA) practitioners on February 22 in Washington, DC, and in an accompanying press release, Department of Justice (DOJ) Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton announced...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

News Briefs: January 8, 2024

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Hospital Inc. in Tampa, Florida, has agreed to pay $19.564 million to settle false claims allegations over claims submitted to federal health care programs for items and...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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OIG January 2024 Enforcement Summary

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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

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Lessons From DOJ's Handling Of Rare Medicare Fraud Case

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In October, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a rare criminal indictment involving the Medicare Advantage program — a contrast from the DOJ's more typical use of its civil enforcement authority to pursue similar issues...more

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Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19

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The HHS Office of Inspector General issues a favorable advisory opinion regarding a sponsor’s payment of cost-sharing amounts in a Medicare Category B IDE Clinical Study; the FDA issues guidance regarding the use of Digital...more

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BioTek, its CEO, Chaitanya Gadde, and Physician, Dr. David Tabby, Agreed to Pay $20 Million to Resolve Anti-Kickback Violations

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The reach of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act is broad.  As a result, AKS liability is a real and significant risk for healthcare companies and providers. Healthcare companies and providers have to resolve...more

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Cigna Group Falls Under the False Claims Axe and Pays Over $172 Million for Abuse of Medicare Advantage Program

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As if corporate healthcare businesses needed an enforcement reminder, DOJ recently announced a settlement with Cigna Group for $172 million to resolve claims that Cigna exaggerated patient illnesses to extract more money from...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | July 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for July 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | June 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for June 2023. We discuss several civil enforcement actions involving false claims, the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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7th Cir. Holds Insurance Coverage Applies to Settlement Payments for Alleged Anti-Kickback and False Claims Act Violations

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On May 3, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Astellas US Holding Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co., held that a liability insurer was required to contribute its limits toward its insured’s payment to settle potential...more

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Recent False Claims Act Decisions to Know

In this post, we summarize noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) decisions so far from 2023. Each of the three circuit court opinions discussed here ruled in favor of the defendants on different aspects of the FCA: the Sixth...more

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Nursing Home Providers Suffer Blow as District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in “Worthless Services” FCA Action Based on...

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On March 31, 2023, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dealt a blow to a trio of nursing home providers by denying their motion to dismiss a False Claims Act (FCA) claim brought by the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

The Trebling Effect of (Some) False Claims Act Trials

There are multiple components to the risk defendants must consider when faced with going to trial for a matter involving the False Claims Act (FCA). Setting aside the incalculable impact that litigation can have on business...more

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Key Insights from DOJ’s False Claims Act Statistics for Fiscal Year 2022

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual summary of False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for the prior fiscal year, and the data points to a number of notable trends. Although DOJ brought in the second-highest...more

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Modernizing Medicine Settles False Claims Act Violations for $45 Million

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The Justice Department continues to pile up healthcare enforcement actions — false claims, anti-kickback, and fraud.  DOJ is on its way to a record year....more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | September 2022 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity between August 21 and September 20, 2022, including a guilty plea from a telemedicine physician who wrote prescriptions for...more

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DOJ Announces Two Significant Indictments Charging Individuals with Healthcare Fraud

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The Justice Department is continuing to use criminal enforcement as an important tool in the fight against healthcare fraud.  While the False Claims Act continues its important place in the fight against healthcare fraud, DOJ...more

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