1/21/2025 2:12:22 PM DOJ exceeds $2.9 billion in FCA recoveries in 2024 and reports a record number of qui tams By Brian Bewley Selina Coleman Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less On January 15, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for civil cases in fiscal year 2024...
4/22/2024 2:50:56 AM FTC, HHS, and DOJ Launch Portal to Report Anticompetitive Health Care Practices By Carol Loepere Michelle Mantine Nicole Aiken-Shaban Courtney Averbach Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less Last week, on April 18, several federal agencies jointly launched a “one-stop shop” to facilitate reporting of allegedly anticompetitive...
3/8/2024 1:00:00 PM Antitrust and Health Care Fraud Enforcers Launch Inquiry into Private Equity Ownership in Health Care By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Michelle Mantine The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
2/26/2024 3:16:27 AM DOJ Announces $2.7 Billion in FCA Recoveries and Enforcement Priorities By Selina Coleman Sarah Cummings Stewart Megan Engel Andrew Lu Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less The Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that its False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for civil cases raked in approximately $2.7 billion...
11/15/2023 4:32:06 PM No Criminal Charges for Cooperative Medicare Advantage Organization By Sarah Cummings Stewart Ryan Pate On October 26, 2023, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a Miami federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a...
2/20/2023 10:16:15 PM FCA enforcement going strong in 2022, particularly in declined health care qui tams By Selina Coleman Sarah Cummings Stewart Kate Seikaly Megan Engel Jessica Christensen Andrew Lu +3 more... Show less On February 16, 2023, the Federal Bar Association (FBA) kicked off its sixth annual Qui Tam Conference with its customary “Year in...
9/15/2021 3:09:09 PM DOJ revises approach to publication and enforcement of guidance documents By Andrew Sylora On July 1, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memorandum signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the issuance...
5/28/2021 3:18:41 PM HHS, acting U.S. Attorney, and California Attorney General issue joint warning of the potential consequences of charging patients for COVID-19 vaccines By Catherine David Christopher Molony On May 18, 2021, in a statement issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General, Acting...
2/25/2021 8:32:22 PM New IRS rulemaking impacts FCA settlement payment deductibility By Rick Robinson James Hennessy Effective January 14, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) implemented a final rule (the “Final Rule”) concerning the tax...
5/20/2020 9:44:49 PM Nursing homes face increased scrutiny by attorneys general during COVID-19 By Divonne Smoyer Paul W. Connell Christine Cogbill Noonan Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on May 12, 2020, that his office is investigating several nursing homes in the...