CMS Issues Final Rule with Changes and Clarifications to the Stark Law
November 20, 2020 was a big day for False Claims Act lawyers. Just in time for Thanksgiving weekend, we received three gifts: (1) A draft of the Centers for Medicare [...]
November 20, 2020 was a big day for False Claims Act lawyers. Just in time for Thanksgiving weekend, we received three gifts: (1) A draft of the Centers for Medicare [...]
Fradulent PPP Loan Certifications Can Create False Claims Act Liability The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27, [...]
IRS Whistleblowers Were Paid More than $120 Million The IRS recently issued its annual report for Fiscal Year 2019 Whistleblower Awards, disclosing that made 181 awards totaling more than $120 [...]
Relator Alleges Mitias Orthopaedics in New Albany, Mississippi Used and Billed for Non-Approved Injectable DevicesBracker & Marcus LLC is pleased to announce that the United States Attorney for the Northern [...]
Practice Fusion paying $118.6 million in False Claims Act settlement; no underlying qui tam.Practice Fusion, creator of electronic health records (EHR) software, admits that it solicited and received kickbacks from [...]
Only two state False Claims Acts currently include a tax provisionThe District of Columbia is one of 31 “states” to have its own false claims act. Now, the district is [...]
Genetic Testing Scams Violate the False Claims ActIn September 2019, the Department of Justice announced that Operation Double Helix had resulted in 35 indictments of individuals associated with telemedicine companies [...]
False Claims Act recoveries top $3 billion There were $3 billion in settlements and judgments reported by the government in fiscal year 2019, over $2.1 billion of which arose from [...]
Supplying unneeded durable medical equipment violates the False Claims Act. Earlier this week, the authorities announced charges against 24 people across the U.S., including doctors accused of writing bogus prescriptions [...]
The Supreme Court engaged in oral argument this week over an issue of the False Claims Act: how two separate statute-of-limitations provisions apply to False Claims Act actions when the [...]