Alexandra PearsallThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently published proposed changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law to address concerns that these laws…
Day PitneyIn United States v. Mehmood, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Zafar Mehmood and Badar Ahmadani but vacated their sentences and remanded for resentencing.…
Support Grows for Stark Law Modification or Repeal
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…
Physicians and Teaching Hospitals Received $8.4 Billion in Payments in 2017
On June 29, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published data summarizing payments made by drug and medical device companies to physicians and…
Annual Health Care Fraud Takedown Is Biggest Ever
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…
CMS Announces Initiatives to Reduce Medicaid Fraud, Waste
On June 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced numerous initiatives to reduce fraud and waste in the Medicaid program. CMS Administrator…
Telemedicine Facing Increased Government Scrutiny
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…
SightLine Health, LLC, a Texas-based radiation therapy company, has agreed to pay the federal government up to $11.5 million to resolve allegations that the company…
CenterLight Healthcare Reaches $10M Medicaid Fraud Settlement
CenterLight Healthcare, a managed long-term care organization that provides and coordinates healthcare services in the New York City area, has agreed to a $10.3 million…