The impact of the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA), enacted in October 2018, as part of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes…
A ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, No. 18-315, (Sup. Ct. May 13, 2019)…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently published proposed changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law to address concerns that these laws…
In United States v. Mehmood, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Zafar Mehmood and Badar Ahmadani but vacated their sentences and remanded for resentencing.…
There has been a recent groundswell of support for modifying or eliminating the federal physician self-referral law, commonly known as the Stark Law. Last month’s Request…
On June 29, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published data summarizing payments made by drug and medical device companies to physicians and…
On June 28, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced their annual nationwide…
On June 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced numerous initiatives to reduce fraud and waste in the Medicaid program. CMS Administrator…
An April 20 article in Bloomberg Law’s Health Law & Life Sciences News, “Telemedicine Facing Increased Government Scrutiny,” discussed the increasing scrutiny of telemedicine services…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 28 that Medical Transport LLC, a Virginia-based ambulance service provider, agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations…
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