Bradley’s Government Enforcement and Investigations Practice Group is pleased to present the False Claims Act: 2024 Year in Review, our annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments and trends....more
2/5/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Cybersecurity ,
Damages ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
First-to-File ,
Fraud ,
Fraudulent Inducement ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Materiality ,
Medicare ,
Penalties ,
Public Disclosure Bar ,
Retaliation ,
Reverse False Claims ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
The District of Massachusetts has joined the growing chorus of courts that have applied a heightened causation standard in False Claims Act (FCA) cases predicated on the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).
U.S. District Judge F....more
10/30/2023
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Causation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Care Violations ,
Healthcare ,
Kickbacks ,
Regeneron ,
SCOTUS ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently unveiled a quicker process to answer the healthcare industry’s most pressing questions on the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), allowing healthcare stakeholders to attain more timely...more
INTRODUCTION -
Unlike some recent years, 2018 was somewhat short on headline grabbing news related to the False Claims Act (FCA). There were, to be sure, significant developments in the courts and within the Department of...more
1/18/2019
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dismissals ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Implied Certification Theory ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Retaliation ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum
Bradley’s Government Enforcement and Investigations practice group is pleased to present the 2017 False Claims Act Year in Review, our annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments, and trends. The...more
1/24/2018
/ Causation ,
Damages ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Implied Certification Theory ,
Federal Contractors ,
First-to-File ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Materiality ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Retaliation ,
Rule 9(b) ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar