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On October 9, 2019, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed some of the largest changes to the Stark Law, which guides physician self-referrals, and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) discussed in decades. The proposals are part of the...
The government has continued its prosecution of those connected to a health care fraud case that extended past borders in what the Justice Department has called “one of the largest health care fraud schemes prosecuted to date in the U.S.”The most recent...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently charged 30 in a "patients for cash" health care fraud scheme. According to the indictment, a home health organization illegally paid doctors, nurses, and at least one social worker along with other medical professionals in...
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Novartis) recently announced it will set aside $700 million to settle claims made by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ recently accused the pharmaceutical giant of illegally bribing physicians and other health care professionals...
The government continues to crackdown on allegations of health care fraud. One recent example involves a pharmacist accused of various crimes. According to the complaint, the prosecution has charged the pharmacy owner with two crimes. The first is conspiracy to commit...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently accused a hospital of Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Stark Law violations. The allegations are the result of claims the hospital paid physicians high salaries based on the “volume or value of the physicians’...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to crackdown on allegations of healthcare fraud. The government will strike both before and after the fraudulent activity occurs. Predictive analytics allow federal investigators to flag...
The federal government takes health care fraud very seriously. In 1996, the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) resulted in the development of a national program focused on the investigation and prosecution of those who commit...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced collection of over $2.5 billion dollars in judgments and settlements as a result of health care fraud cases. This is the ninth year in a row the government agency has collected over two billion dollars related to this...
Allegations of Medicare fraud can extend beyond doctors, nurses and hospital executives. Those in other professions can also find themselves accused of abusing this system. A recent example involves a case out of the Southern District of New York.Government accuses a...
