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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +

Investigations Newsletter: US Supreme Court Declines to Consider AKS ‘Willfulness’ Question

ArentFox Schiff on 10/14/2024

US Supreme Court Declines to Consider AKS ‘Willfulness’ Question - On October 7, the US Supreme Court denied a petition in which a whistleblower asked the Court to decide whether a “willful” act under the federal...more

Health Care Enforcement: “Tea Leaves” in the 2024 National Health Care Fraud Summer Takedown

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/29/2024

Each summer in recent years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and associated fraud enforcement partners have indicted many health care defendants, in multiple cases across the country. This summer continued the tradition....more

Telehealth: A New Opportunity for Fraudsters

The Volkov Law Group on 7/5/2023

Whenever new technologies emerge or new pots of government funds for assistance are available, you can count on one thing (as the sun rises and sets) – fraudsters will figure out a way to steal money from innocent persons and...more

OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert Warning Providers of Suspect Telemedicine Arrangements

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/28/2022

On July 20, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Alert) concerning the fraud and abuse risks associated with healthcare practitioners entering...more

Congress Takes Action to Curb the Opioid Crisis

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/16/2018

In a bipartisan effort to combat the opioid crisis, H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (the Act), was enacted on October 24,...more

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