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Second Circuit Confirms Willfulness under the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act Requires Relators to Plead that the...

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision with significant implications for healthcare companies and providers facing allegations of violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), 42 U.S.C. §...more

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[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - May 9th - 10th, New York, NY

Hosted by the American Conference Institute, the 19th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption Conference for the Life Sciences Industry returns for another exciting year with carefully researched programming based on critical findings...more

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Trump Administration’s Eleventh-Hour Drug Pricing Regulations Face an Uncertain Path Forward

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The Trump Administration recently announced two final rules that implement policy objectives to lower drug prices by tying certain Medicare Part B payments to prices paid by other countries and by replacing an anti-kickback...more

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No Harbor is Limitless A Recent False Claims Act Settlement Involving a Georgia Healthcare Company Is a Good Reminder of the...

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The DOJ recently reached a $122 million settlement with Universal Health Services (“UHS”) and Turning Point Care Center, LLC (“Turning Point”) to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations related to their billing...more

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HHS Regulatory Sprint May Impact FCA Enforcement Trends

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The False Claims Act (“FCA”) is an ever-present concern among health care providers and counsel, which is why it is no surprise that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Doctors and Alabama Cardiac Center to Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

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Doctors and Alabama Cardiac Center to Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations - On August 27, the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington announced a $1.1 million settlement with three...more

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HHS Proposes 'Sweeping' Changes to Pharmacy Drug Pricing

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The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry recently has come under significant scrutiny by the Trump administration....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more

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Some Helpful Managed Care Guidance Provided in Advisory Opinion 18-11

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Practitioners in the Medicare or Medicaid managed care space place heavy reliance on the protection of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) Safe Harbor found at 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952(t), generally known as the “EMCO [eligible...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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What’s in Your Local Transportation Policy?

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Those in the business of providing healthcare services to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries are all too familiar with the federal Anti-kickback Statute (AKS). Among other dreadful sanctions, it imposes criminal penalties on...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New OIG Exclusion Regulations About to Go into Effect

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a final rule regarding its exclusion authorities. The final rule goes into effect March 21, 2017, and expands OIG’s authority to exclude certain individuals and...more

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HHS OIG Finalizes New Exclusion Rules as Administration Exits

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With just a week left before a new administration takes office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized changes to the regulations authorizing OIG to exclude...more

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At Long Last, OIG Issues Final Rule for Beneficiary Inducement Safe Harbors

More than two years since issuing the proposed rule, the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued the long-awaited and highly anticipated final rule (the Final Rule) that provides amendments to the Anti-Kickback...more

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