April 15, 2024
DOJ Successes Spark Legislation Aimed at Further Pursuing Recovery of Misused Pandemic-Related Funds
Pandemic-related fraud and false claims remain a high priority for the Department of Justice (DOJ). Despite low recoveries in federal fiscal year 2023 in the area of COVID-19 related fraud, DOJ is [...]
April 4, 2024
A rarely-used – but important – False Claims Act (FCA) provision recently turned the typical attorneys’ fees repayment award on its head, when a Mississippi federal judge used the statutory authority to [...]
March 14, 2024
In today’s complex, rapidly changing health care environment, hospitals are facing enormous financial pressures and tight operating margins. For hospitals to stay in business, they must use every available tool to reduce [...]
February 29, 2024
Florida-based non-profit cancer treatment and research center H. Lee Moffitt (Moffitt) agreed to pay $19,564,743 to resolve its self-disclosure related to improper claims for patient care items and services provided during research [...]
February 27, 2024
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) is one of the government’s strongest enforcement tools, annually resulting in billions of dollars clawed back to the United States as a result of the statute’s [...]
February 22, 2024
The United States Office of Research Integrity (ORI) oversees and directs Public Health Service (PHS) research integrity activities on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The PHS [...]
February 5, 2024
Over the past several months oversight of the COVID-19 Uninsured Program (UIP) by both the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has ramped up. [...]
February 2, 2024
The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care, has made changes to its Emergency Management (EM) chapter for all accredited ambulatory care organizations and office-based [...]
January 25, 2024
Implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (“BABA”) domestic sourcing requirements for federally supported infrastructure projects is now well underway. With BABA imposing broad new obligations upon recipients of federal funding [...]
January 10, 2024
On December 6, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order (“EO”) 14058, aimed at increasing Tribal access to federally funded benefits and strengthening the relationship between the United States and Tribal Nations. The [...]