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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 4, August 2024

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Welcome to our fourth issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we address a variety of topics including a recent SCOTUS ruling and the potential impact on CMS, issues of patient...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Justice Department recovers more than $3 billion from False Claims Act cases in FY 2019

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Compliance Today (March 2020) - In January, Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division announced that it “obtained more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil...more

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DOJ Announces 2019 FCA Recovery, Majority Came from Healthcare Industry

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this month that it obtained over $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil fraud and false claims cases during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 (FY 2019). Of this...more

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HRSA to Enforce 340B Program Oversight of Drug Manufacturers Next Year and Share 340B Ceiling Prices with Covered Entities

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Two recent announcements by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) highlight the agency's plans for increased oversight in the next year of drug manufacturers under the 340B drug pricing program and...more

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United States Intervenes in Suit Against Private Equity Firm Based on Health Care Portfolio Company's Alleged False Claims Act...

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• In an unusual move, the government has decided to pursue a False Claims Act (FCA) suit against a private equity firm based on an alleged commission scheme at its pharmacy portfolio company to promote sales of products...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Year, New Possibilities: OIG Final Rule Amends Beneficiary Inducement Rules

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The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) adding new safe harbors to the federal anti-kickback statute, amending existing safe harbors, and...more

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HHS OIG Expands Safe Harbors, but Doubles Down with Enhanced Civil Monetary Penalties

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules on December 7, 2016, updating certain existing safe harbor regulations, adding new safe harbor rules under...more

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HHS OIG Adopts NewAnti-Kickback Safe Harbor and Civil Monetary Penalty Exceptions

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On December 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), issued a final rule that will have a widespread impact on health care service providers, medical transport providers,...more

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A Possible Green Light for Patient Transportation Services: OIG Proposes Revised Safe Harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute for...

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On October 3, 2014, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) published a proposed rule and request for comments (“Proposed Rule”), which would amend the Anti-Kickback Statute...more

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