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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
