Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), which was enacted by Congress in 2010, requires a person who has received an overpayment to report and return the overpayment to the Secretary of Health and Human Services,...more
On Nov. 20, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced settlements and judgments for False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases totaling $5.7 billion (compared to $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2013), $2.3 billion of which was...more
12/12/2014
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On October 3, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) to add new safe harbors to the federal health care program anti-kickback statute...more
10/21/2014
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