November 2020

Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) filed the Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) Final Rule…

On October 6, 2020, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced a prison sentence in the case of…

Earlier this year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Wheeling Hospital, Inc. agreed to pay $50 million to resolve…

On October 20, 2020, Shanelyn Kennedy, a medical assistant from Scranton, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to one count of conspiring to…

In mid-October 2020, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI) agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company violated…

Earlier this year, the Trump Administration released a final rule focused on allowing states and others to establish programs to…

Recently, Gilead Sciences, Inc. reached a settlement agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve…

Violations of healthcare fraud and abuse laws are under much scrutiny and not taken lightly by the government. In recent years,…

Beginning October 5, 2020, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and…

Last week, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $9.21 million settlement with Medtronic USA Inc., based on…