10/16/2025 3:40:13 PM Reed Smith to host Virtual Life Sciences CLE Week Nov. 3 through Nov. 7 By Matthew Loughran For anyone working in the health and life sciences industries and looking to complete a few final CLE hours before the end of 2025, Reed...
8/11/2025 2:21:04 PM Sixth Circuit Likely Next to Consider FCA’s Constitutionality Under Article II By Sarah Cummings Stewart Selina Coleman On July 28, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio certified for interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of...
7/8/2025 2:37:52 AM HHS Announces Policy on Criminal Referrals for Regulatory Violations By Rebecca Jones McKnight Nancy Halstead Matthew Loughran The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new general policy on what factors the agency will take into...
7/3/2025 3:07:10 PM DOJ and HHS Launch Joint False Claims Act Working Group By Scot T. Hasselman Selina Coleman Allie Klimkiewicz On July 2, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of a new...
6/9/2025 2:19:44 AM Florida judge once again rules against constitutionality of False Claims Act relators By Selina Coleman Sarah Cummings Stewart Matthew Loughran Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in the Middle District of Florida has once again ruled that the qui tam relator provisions of the False...
2/21/2025 8:53:43 PM FBA’s Qui Tam Conference reinforces that FCA Enforcement is here to stay By Kate Seikaly Selina Coleman Allie Klimkiewicz At the Federal Bar Association’s (FBA) Annual Qui Tam Conference on February 20, 2025, Department of Justice (DOJ) representatives...
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...
1/8/2025 1:14:25 PM OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Dental Equipment Supplier’s Loyalty Program By Carol Loepere Craig Anderson Elliot Race The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory opinion related to a proposed...
12/18/2024 4:03:43 PM OIG Issues Voluntary Compliance Guidance for Nursing Facilities By Sonia Nguyen Allie Klimkiewicz A year after issuing its General Compliance Program Guidance, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General...
12/3/2024 12:00:00 PM Medicare overpayment rule standard changes finalized in 2025 CMS Physician Fee Schedule By Scot T. Hasselman Nancy Halstead Tom Greeson Nicole Aiken-Shaban Kaitlyn Dunn Peter Terreri Matthew Loughran +4 more... Show less In the final 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which is set to be published in the Federal Register on December 9, the Centers for...
10/1/2024 3:50:07 AM Are False Claims Act Whistleblower Cases Unconstitutional? By Selina Coleman Matthew Loughran Are the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act an unconstitutional delegation of authority to private citizens? One federal court,...
9/13/2024 2:27:20 AM HHS OIG won’t enforce antifraud statutes against patient assistance program By Roswill Mejia The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion regarding...
7/23/2024 7:46:53 PM CMS Revisits Medicare Overpayment Standards in 2025 Physician Fee Schedule By Nancy Halstead Hatmaker Pawlitz Peter Terreri In its recently released 2025 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“MPFS”), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”)...
7/1/2024 3:20:29 PM OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Drug Assistance Programs By Jessica Christensen The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion that relates...
5/3/2024 1:28:20 PM OIG Exercises Discretion in Independent Charity Patient Assistance Program By Peter Terreri On April 8, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 24-02,...
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...