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Troutman Pepper

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

New Hampshire Health System Pays $2.1M in CMP Settlement Over Diagnostic Test Orders

Report on Medicare Compliance 31, no. 35 (September 26, 2022) - For the third time in about 2 1/2 years, hospitals or other providers that are part of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, a large health system in New Hampshire,...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Short Staffing May Still be Hindering Health Care in Connecticut but OIG's Exclusion Authority Remains Alive and Well

Can a 40-year-old fraud and abuse law that compared to many others is relatively straightforward still get providers into trouble?  Answer: You bet!  In fact, in the first quarter of 2022 alone, the U.S. Attorney for the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Radiation Therapy Provider Pays $3.6M in CMP Settlement; OIG: 25 CPT Codes ‘Involved’

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 22 (June 14, 2021) - A Colorado radiation therapy provider has agreed to pay $3.569 million in a civil monetary penalty settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG). ...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Clinical trials and Medicare billing: Avoiding false claims liability

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Participating in clinical trials can leave health care providers vulnerable to false claims liability if Medicare rules are not closely followed. This publication reviews settlements involving clinical trials, provides an...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 36. News Briefs - October 2019

- Fresenius Medical Care North America Inc. has agreed to pay $5.2 million to settle allegations that it tested dialysis patients for Hepatitis B surface antigen more often than medically necessary and billed Medicare for the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Health Management Associates Pays Over $260 Million in Criminal and Civil Penalties for Pervasive False Billing and Kickback...

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Healthcare Management Associates (HMA) settled criminal and civil charges with the Justice Department for illegal fraud and kickback schemes. HMA billed federal government healthcare programs for inpatient services that...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

False Claims Act Dangers on Display in Ruckh

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A recent jury verdict in an FCA lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida resulted in a not-so-subtle reminder of just how high the stakes can be in such litigation....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Billing Companies Beware – OIG Signals a Crackdown on Fraud and Abuse at All Levels

In an unprecedented administrative action, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”) penalized a medical billing company for preparing and submitting claims to Medicare for...more

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