This year saw substantial activity in FCA settlements and litigated court cases. Although no single case or development dominated the discourse this year, several important court decisions were issued, including two that may...more
2/1/2021
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Damages ,
Deficit Reduction ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Fee-Shifting ,
First-to-File ,
Fraud ,
Materiality ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Qualified Immunity ,
Reasonable Interpretations ,
Retaliation ,
Speaker Programs ,
Statute of Limitations
In the advent of DNA testing, companies such as Ancestry.com and 23andMe have made it easy and convenient to submit DNA samples for testing from your own home. This type of genetic—also known as genomic—testing has been...more
3/25/2020
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Criminal Investigations ,
DEA ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DNA ,
FBI ,
Fraudulent Marketing ,
Genetic Testing ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Indictments ,
Kickbacks ,
Medical Research ,
Medicare ,
Prescribing Authority ,
Telemedicine ,
Unnecessary Medical Procedures