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Looking for compliance training and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance training, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more
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Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to $6.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Kickbacks and Bribery - On January 13, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Florida man pled guilty in the Southern District of...more
Lab Owner Indicted For $100 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme - On November 2, 2021, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas indicted Billy Joe Taylor of Arkansas for an alleged health care fraud scheme. ...more
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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. is in the crosshairs of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on two separate matters. On August 18, the DOJ announced that it filed a lawsuit against Teva and an affiliate, Teva Neuroscience...more
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Compliance Today (November 2019) - On September 6, 2019, the US Department of Justice announced in a press release, “The owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of a telemedicine company pleaded guilty today for his role...more
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