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A Conversation With NAAG Executive Director Brian Kane - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Chipotle and Sweetgreen Settle Food Fight Over CHIPOTLE Trademark
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Feds Danske to a New Tune
State AG Pulse | Money, Money, Money: Where does it go and why?
The Chartwell Chronicles: Occupational Exposure Claims
The Chartwell Chronicles: An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Patient Steering and Charting
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A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
Settlement and Mediation Strategy
An Overview of South Carolina Workers' Compensation
An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
No Harbor is Limitless: Restrictions of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute's Safe Harbor Provisions
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Developments in New York State Labor and Employment Law – What You Need to Know in 2020
DOL Sets Enforcement Records Again - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News
Jones Day Presents: Large Business & International Examination Strategies: Fast Track Settlements
On September 18, 2024, the Attorney General (AG) of Texas announced a settlement with an artificial intelligence-focused healthcare technology company to resolve allegations of false and misleading statements about the...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently settled two ransomware cases with covered entities. These cases signal the government's growing concern with health care...more
In late September 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers, P.C., a health care provider in the state of...more
The third quarter of this year brought numerous high-dollar False Claims Act (FCA) settlements involving a variety of industries and alleged conduct. Below are noteworthy resolutions that reflect recent enforcement trends....more
On September 18, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with Dunes Surgical Hospital and United Surgical Partners International, Inc. (USPI), an entity holding a partial ownership interest in Dunes, in...more
In July, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Attorneys Offices announced several large False Claims Act (FCA) settlements stemming from qui tam whistleblower suits....more
DaVita is a regular target of government enforcement actions involving fraud and illegal kickbacks. It has an extensive history of violations and settlements....more
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office For Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $950,000 settlement with Heritage Valley Health System (“Heritage Valley”) and a three-year Corrective...more
Halfway through 2024, the government’s False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement efforts show few signs of letting up. Last month alone, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced at least five eight-figure FCA settlements,...more
On 22 February 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published the statistics for federal civil fraud recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The DOJ announced that the “government and whistleblowers were party to 543...more
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $4 million settlement with Next Step Healthcare, LLC (Next Step), a Massachusetts-based long-term care management company, in a deal that the AG described as...more
On April 29, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $1.3 million settlement (Settlement) with a South Carolina clinical laboratory marketer and his marketing company, and three physicians and their medical...more
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina have reached a $500,000 settlement with Sharon Raynes Halliday and RAPHA Healthcare Services LLC, resolving a...more
Introduction - Polsinelli proudly introduces the Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2023 Year in Review, a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape surrounding the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and fraud & abuse enforcement...more
Although the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) described its recent $4.75 million agreement with a Bronx, New York, hospital as settling a “malicious insider cybersecurity investigation,” the agency considered a total of 11...more
On February 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued two reports to Congress as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health...more
Fiscal year 2023 saw record recoveries and the highest number of settlements and judgments ever under the Federal False Claims Act. According to a new report released by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the...more
Qui tam relators and the U.S. Department of Justice continue to expand usage of the False Claims Act....more
We are pleased to bring you our 12th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review. Our Review provides comprehensive coverage of the most significant civil and criminal enforcement issues facing healthcare providers. Each year, we...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it initiated a record-high 500 new False Claims Act (FCA) cases in Fiscal Year 2023. The government and whistleblowers (qui tam relators) were party to 543 settlements and...more
Owner of Telemedicine Companies Settles $110 Million Health Care Fraud Claim - Steven Richardson, the owner of telemedicine companies Expansion Media, LLC and Hybrid Management Group LLC, agreed to settle allegations that...more
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Hospital Inc. in Tampa, Florida, has agreed to pay $19.564 million to settle false claims allegations over claims submitted to federal health care programs for items and...more
The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more
In a case that may hit a raw compliance nerve, Ascension Macomb Oakland Hospital in Michigan has agreed to pay $100,000 in a settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) over free services provided to certain...more
If the penultimate enforcement settlement of 2023 issued by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sounds familiar, that’s with good reason. And the last one of the year should ring some bells, too....more