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Fraud & Abuse
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Inside the False Claims Act
Join Us | Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference | December 5, 2019
Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association invite you to join us for a complimentary day-long CLE program featuring leading government officials, industry experts and experienced counsel as…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
In U.S. health care, experts assail $1 trillion-plus in waste, fraud and abuse
Politicians almost by reflex decry the skyrocketing cost of U.S. health care by blaming much of it on waste, fraud, abuse. They, alas, really may be on to something, newly…
Health Care and Life Sciences
OIG Approves Per-Click Fee Arrangement for Online Healthcare Directory
On September 10, 2019, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) published Advisory Opinion 19-04. In this favorable opinion, OIG approved a technology…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
The SFO publishes Cooperation Guidance: expecting too much and offering too little?
By Neil O’May (UK), Andrew Reeves (UK), Lorenza Cocco (UK)
Earlier this month, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published its Corporate Cooperation Guidance (the Guidance), providing a list of “good practices” it expects from companies seeking to obtain a…
Waller Law Blogs
Health care fraud and abuse enforcement overview 2018
By LexBlog
07.17.19The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report. The 2018 Report highlighted key…
Health Care and Life Sciences
CMS Attempts to Curb Fraud in the HHA Industry by Limiting HHA Reimbursement
By Francesca R. Ozinal, Emily Bajcsi, Kathleen M. Premo
Despite recent welcome news to the home health agency (“HHA”) industry in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Texas following an end to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ ("CMS’s") long-standing HHA…
Inside the False Claims Act
Bass, Berry & Sims and THA Host 4th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference
On December 6, Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association hosted more than 120 attendees at the annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference, a full-day seminar focusing on fraud…
Health Law Diagnosis
One-Two Punch: On Consecutive Days, DOJ Announces High Dollar Fraud and Abuse Settlements with Hospitals
By Conor Duffy
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two significant False Claims Act (FCA) settlements in recent days that signal continued close government scrutiny of billing, coding and referral practices at hospitals.…
FCA Update
HHS Will Soon Seek Public Comment on Anti-Kickback Statute Reform
By Tony Maida
During a July 17, 2018, hearing before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan testified about…
Health Industry Washington Watch
OIG, DOJ Announce FY 2017 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program Recoveries
Federal health fraud recoveries for FY 2017 totaled $2.6 billion, according to the latest HCFAC program annual report, compared to $3.3 billion in FY 2016. The Department of Justice (DOJ)…