When COVID-19 was on the rise, ransomware attacks were right alongside it. A new investigation published in JAMA Health Forum found that ransomware attacks more than doubled in the last
Continue Reading Reduce Your Risk (And We’re Not Just Talking COVID-19 Vaccines)Two landmark cases fraught with False Claim Act (“FCA”) allegations of fraudulent billing for prescription drugs against food and pharmacy chains are making their way from the Seventh Circuit to
Continue Reading Is it Really Fraud? The Supreme Court Will Decide
Physicians around the country are familiar with the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)) and the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law (“Stark”)
Continue Reading Five Differences Between the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal Stark Law
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which would broadly prohibit companies from entering into or enforcing non-competition agreements or clauses
Continue Reading FTC Proposes Broad Rule Banning Non-Compete Covenants with Physicians and Other Healthcare WorkersOn December 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Bulletin warning HIPAA covered entities and business associates about the use
Continue Reading OCR Warns Covered Entities and Business Associates about Tracking TechnologyThe Department of Justice’s continued focus on prosecuting fraud related to pandemic relief programs has resulted in a new batch of criminal charges, convictions and penalties for those who have
Continue Reading The Federal Government’s Continued Focus on COVID-19 Aid Fraud Leads to New Charges, Convictions and Sentencings
On the heels of the Supreme Court decision in Xiulu Ruan v. United States, wherein the Supreme Court held that the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that
Continue Reading Creation of New Opioid Strike Force, Following Decision in Xiulu Ruan v. US, Signals Investigations of Physicians Will Intensify
By Elizabeth Litten and Odia Kagan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on June 29 discussing privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Continue Reading HHS Issues Guidance in Light of Dobbs DecisionJust when residential healthcare employers thought it was safe to get back into the classification waters, a late-stage Trump administration rule, “Independent Contractor
Continue Reading Residential Healthcare Owners and Operators Beware: Department of Labor is Tackling Misclassification of Employees, Again
The federal No Surprises Act and interim final rules implementing the Act went into effect on January 1, 2022. Part I is aimed at reducing “surprise bills” to patients in
Continue Reading Surprise: Long Term Care Providers Are Not Exempt from The No Surprises Act’s Good Faith Estimate Requirement for Uninsured and Self-Pay Patients