Recently, the Department of Justice announced that TeamHealth Holdings (successor in interest to IPC Healthcare Inc.) has agreed to pay $60 million to resolve upcoding…
Read More »Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced recently that the Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7…
Read More »Recently, the Justice Department announced a first-of-its-kind settlement involving allegations that a health system violated the False Claims Act by retaining Medicaid overpayments for more…
Read More »Over the last few years, the government has devoted substantial resources to pursue hospitals that inappropriately admit patients to inpatient stays. This month, the government…
Read More »The physician self-referral law, or Stark Law, generally forbids a hospital from billing Medicare for certain services referred by physicians who have a financial relationship…
Read More »Could political pressure be behind the recent pull back on the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program? The RAC program audits healthcare providers to ensure…
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Consistent with the specific exemption under HIPAA, the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Arkansas has ruled that healthcare whistleblowers did not…
Read More »In October 2011, Nolan Auerbach & White announced the $7.5 million settlement of its client's False Claims Act qui tam action, alleging that Select Medical paid…
Read More »In April 2014, All Children’s Hospital, et al. agreed to pay $7 million to resolve a False Claims Act qui tam action, which alleged that…
Read More »In April 2015, Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) agreed to pay $20 million to the federal government to resolve a False Claims Act case…
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