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Telemedicine Anti-Kickback Statute Enforcement Actions

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Nearly 200 Health Care Providers Charged in Aggressive Enforcement Action by DOJ Health Care Fraud Strike Force Alleging Schemes...

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The Department of Justice announced one if its most aggressive and wide-ranging enforcement actions to date, a coordinated two-week operation spanning 32 federal districts. The orchestrated effort involved the FBI, HHS-OIG,...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

DOJ Charges 36 Defendants in Connection with Telemedicine and Clinical Laboratory Fraud and Abuse Schemes

On June 27, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, which resulted in criminal charges against 193 defendants for alleged participation in various health care...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Hot Fraud Summer: DOJ’s Latest Criminal Takedown

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Health Care Fraud Strike Force announced the results of its latest nationwide enforcement action on June 27, 2024, one year (almost to the day) since its last major...more

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12th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review - A Critical Resource for Healthcare Providers

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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

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | August 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for August 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more

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HHS Office of Inspector General July 2023 Enforcement Activity

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Harris Beach invites you to register for its 7 Element compliance program series addressing New York’s 2020 and 2022 updates to Medicaid Compliance Program requirements. Starting on August 16th, each live program will be no...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | June 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for June 2023. We discuss several civil enforcement actions involving false claims, the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

11th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2022

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We are pleased to bring you our 11th 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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - January 27th, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

The OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert Identifying "Suspect" Telemedicine Contract Arrangements

On July 20, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (the DOJ) announced charges against multiple defendants alleging fraudulent schemes (including telemedicine arrangements) totaling more than $1.2 billion. That same...more

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OIG Alert and DOJ Enforcement Action Summary: Telemedicine Arrangements

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The July 20, 2022 Special Fraud Alert describes findings from what OIG describes as “dozens of investigations of fraud schemes involving companies that purported to provide telehealth, telemedicine, or telemarketing services”...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

DOJ Continues Its Annual Coordinated Healthcare Fraud Takedown

In a continuation of its annual rite, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on July 20, 2022, announced healthcare-related criminal charges against 36 defendants in 13 federal districts around the U.S. The charges allege more...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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Federal Enforcement Keeps Pace with the Expansion of Telemedicine Services

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Federal government enforcement in the telemedicine space continues to escalate, with three separate announcements in just the last three weeks regarding criminal and civil telemedicine-related actions. These enforcement...more

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False Claims Investigations and Criminal Prosecutions: Recent Examples of Criminal Charges – a Lab Owner, A Physician and a Nurse...

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A False Claims Act case can easily turn into a criminal prosecution.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation often initiates criminal investigations as part of its commitment to reducing health care fraud....more

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DOJ Telemedicine Offensive Pushes Forward with New Charges

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For the past two years, telemedicine companies, durable medical equipment suppliers, pharmacies, and individuals and entities that market to such entities have been at the center of DOJ gunsights. In 2019, the Department...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2020

Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more

Troutman Pepper

Anti-Kickback Statute Enforcement Year in Review and Outlook for 2021

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I. Introduction - While 2020 was a year like no other in many ways, the challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic do not appear to have stalled the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) health care fraud enforcement...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - St. Louis, MO - February 26th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Dallas, TX - February 12th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Minneapolis, MN - September 11th, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm CDT

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Takes Down $1.2 Billion Healthcare Fraud Scheme Involving Telemedicine, DME Companies, and Medical Professionals

On April 9, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ), working with multiple departments and agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), brought enforcement...more

McDermott Will & Emery

2018 Digital Health Year in Review: Focus on Care Coordination and Reimbursement

In 2018, even more than in recent years, federal lawmakers and regulators continued the push toward modernizing the existing legal framework to support and encourage digital health adoption in the context of care coordination...more

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