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Epstein Becker & Green

DOJ Criminal Fraud Section’s Annual Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action: “We Are a Target-Rich Environment”

On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), along with other federal and state law enforcement partners, announced...more

Mintz

EnforceMintz — DOJ and OIG Guidance Emphasizes the Importance of a Robust and Dynamic Compliance Program

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2023 was a busy year across several federal agencies in terms of issuing compliance guidance for corporations, including health care companies. For example, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued significant compliance...more

Troutman Pepper

DOJ's New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy Raises More Questions Than It Answers

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On February 22, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release highlighting the new Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) Policy for U.S. Attorney’s Offices (USAOs). The DOJ developed this policy, which is applicable...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

A Day Late and a Dollar Short: AAG Polite Warns That Corporate Leaders Who Fail to Invest in Compliance “Early and Often” Do So...

On September 28, 2022, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) joined the Inspector General for the United States Department of Health and Human Services...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Special Fraud Alert Released by OIG Following Nationwide Arrest of Dozens Accused in Telehealth Scams

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On July 20, 2022, the Department of Justice announced charges against 36 criminal defendants across 13 different federal districts for healthcare fraud violations resulting in Government losses in excess of $1.2 billion. The...more

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New DOJ Task Force Announced Will Impact Health Care Providers & Prescribers in Northern New England

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Major enforcement news was released today, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, for medical professionals and anyone working in or around the health care space in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

US government may receive billions in funds reclaimed through enforcement actions

Compliance Today (February 2021) - The United States Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General released its semiannual report to Congress for the time period spanning from April 1, 2020, to...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Flirting with Disaster: SBA Inspector General Warns of “Serious Concerns” of Fraud in Coronavirus Disaster-Relief Loan Program in...

On July 28, 2020, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a Management Alert entitled “Serious Concerns of Potential Fraud in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program...more

The Volkov Law Group

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Pays More than $108 Million to Settle Kickback Violations

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Just to repeat myself – pharmaceutical and medical device firms face extraordinary risks of enforcement under the False Claims Act.  While everyone likes to write and focus on FCPA or anti-corruption risks for global drug and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Fraud and Abuse Trends: Critical Issues for Health Plans - October 17th, 1:00 pm ET

In FY 2018, the federal government won or negotiated more than $2.3 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements. During that same period, investigations conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Trends in Corporate Integrity Agreements Reflect New HHS OIG Guidance on Use of Exclusion Authority"

2016 was a year of change for the Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Inspector General's (OIG) approach to corporate integrity agreements (CIA). The OIG began to use its new model CIA format and applied its...more

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