The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently enforced its Health Breach Notification Rule (“Rule”) for the very first time. The FTC issued a $1.5 million civil penalty to GoodRx and imposed restrictions on the company’s future handling of... Read More
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On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a corporate Voluntary Self-Disclosure policy (the “Policy”) that applies to all United States Attorney’s Offices (“USAOs”), effective immediately. The articulated goal... Read More
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Frier Levitt recently conducted a survey of non-payment by health insurers using a sample of various in-network healthcare providers to discover patterns of non-payment, underpayment, and recoupments by public and private payors. While the plurality... Read More
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On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”), which has been in effect since January 2020, is set to expire on May 11, 2023. Considering the impending end to the PHE, healthcare... Read More
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As physician practices are in the midst of calculating and distributing 2022 year-end bonuses to physician employees and profits to owners, practices providing Designated Health Services ("DHS"), such as laboratory testing, diagnostic radiology... Read More
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During the 2021 fiscal year, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered $5.6 billion in civil settlements and judgments involving fraud and violations of the False Claims Act; a record-breaking $5 billion of this recovery was derived from... Read More
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Last week, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a Georgia marketer pled guilty for his role in a conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and commit health care fraud. The marketer was charged with taking... Read More
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact millions of lives throughout the country, easy access to COVID-19 testing has continued to be a critical element of reducing the spread of the disease.  Increasingly over the past several weeks, and... Read More
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On December 16, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report analyzing nationwide trends in genetic tests for which payments were made under Medicare Part B. The OIG report follows a... Read More
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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”), including its constituent Healthcare Strike Force Units and U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country, continues to wage a campaign that shows no sign of slowing against laboratories, marketers and... Read More
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