Fraud & Abuse Email Alerts 

Subsidiary of KV Pharmaceutical Company to Plead Guilty, Pay $27.6 Million Email Alert - March 5, 2010 U.S. District Court Embraces Expansive View of Scope of Certification on Hospital Cost Report, Declines to Dismiss Qui Tam Suit Based on "False Certification" Theory Email Alert - March 4, 2010 Guidant LLC Charged With FDCA Violations for Alleged False Statements and Failure to Report Safety Issues Email Alert - March 2, 2010 Summary of Advisory Opinions 10-01, 10-02, and 10-03 Email Alert - March 1, 2010 Physician Criminally Charged with Falsifying Research Data Email Alert - January 21, 2010 OIG Posts Updated Special Fraud Alert on DME Telemarketing Email Alert - January 19, 2010 St. John Health System and Arlington Memorial Hospital Enter into Settlement Agreements to Resolve Allegations of Improper Physician Payments Email Alert - January 15, 2010 Guidant Kickback Settlement Email Alert - January 11, 2010 Medicare Fraud Strike Force Expands Operations into Brooklyn, Tampa, and Baton Rouge Email Alert - December 22, 2009 OIG Releases Semiannual Report--Announces $20.97 Billion in Savings and Recoveries for FY 2009 Email Alert - December 15, 2009 Mercy Medical Center Settlement Email Alert - December 11, 2009 Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Pays $3 Million to Settle Alleged Kickback Allegations Email Alert - December 10, 2009 Guidant Defibrillator Settlement Email Alert - November 13, 2009 Southern Texas Health System Settles Allegations of Kickback, Stark, False Claims Act Violations for $27.5 Million Email Alert - November 12, 2009 CMS Amends Stark Law Regulations and Solicits Comments Regarding Revised Definition of "Entity" Email Alert - November 11, 2009 Senators Propose Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009--Would Enhance Prosecution Tools for Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Email Alert - October 30, 2009 "Retroactive" Amendments to False Claims Act Found Unconstitutional Email Alert - October 28, 2009 America's Healthy Futures Act Could Nullify Hanlester v. Shalala, Impact Criminal, Civil Actions Based on Federal Healthcare Program Anti-Kickback Statute Email Alert - October, 27, 2009 Tenth Circuit Says Facility Cost Reports Are Not Material to Government's Decision to Pay Claims, Not Actionable Under False Claims Act Email Alert - October 16, 2009 UMDNJ Pays $8.3 Million to Settle Alleged Cardiology Kickbacks Email Alert - October 15, 2009 New Stark Law Self-Disclosure Protocol on the Horizon? Email Alert - October 14, 2009 Covenant Settlement Underscores Importance of Due Diligence in Setting Employed Physician Compensation Email Alert - September 15, 2009 CMS Limits Consignment Closets Email Alert - August 13, 2009 Two Synthes Executives Pleaded Guilty to FDCA Misdemeanor Violations Under "Responsible Corporate Officer" Doctrine Email Alert - July 28, 2009 The Justice Department Turns Up the HEAT on Alleged Medicare Fraud in Detroit Email Alert - July 7, 2009 U.S. Supreme Court to Determine Whether the False Claims Act's Jurisdictional "Public Disclosure Bar" Precludes Suits Based on State or Local Government Reports Email Alert - June 24, 2009 Indictment of Multi-National Medical Device Manufacturer and Four Executives Announced—Clinical Trial and FDA Oversight Issues Alleged Email Alert - June 19, 2009 Two Federal Courts Make Rulings in Off-Label Promotion Cases Email Alert - June 17, 2009 Abbott Laboratories Seeks Sanctions for Alleged DOJ Spoliation in FCA Case Email Alert - June 16, 2009 Supreme Court Rules that the Government Is Not a"Party" in an Unintervened qui tam Action Email Alert - June 9, 2009 False Claims Act Amendments Under FERA: Big Changes Are On the Way Email Alert - May 1, 2009 OIG Enters Into $2 Million Civil Monetary Penalty Settlement Email Alert - March 27, 2009 OIG Posts an Open Letter to Healthcare Providers Email Alert - March 25, 2009 Third Circuit Analyzes Stark Law Allegations Brought in a Whistleblower Case Email Alert - February 17, 2009 CMS Issues Final Rules on Three Prospective Payment Systems and Hospice Wage Index; CMS Announces NCD Process for "Never Events" Email Alert - August 6, 2008