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Biogen Settles False Claims Act Allegations with the DOJ
At the end of last year, Biogen, Inc. reached a $22 million settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to…
Home Health Agency Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
In November 2020, Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc., and two of its former executives, agreed to pay $5.15 million to resolve False…
Study Reviews Relationship Between Pharma Money Paid to Doctors and…
A recent report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reviewed studies that estimated the association between the receipt…
Final Rules Published on Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute
Along with the two other rules that we previously wrote about (the MFN rule and the AKS safe harbor rule), on November 20, 2020,…
HHS OIG Releases Final Rule Amending AKS Discount Safe Harbor
On November 20, 2020, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a…
HHS OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert: Focused on Promotional Speakers…
The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a “Special Fraud Alert:…
Cancer Researcher Sentenced to One Year, One Day for Government Fund Theft
On October 6, 2020, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced a prison sentence in the case of…
Wheeling Hospital Agrees to Pay $50 Million to Settle Stark Law, AKS…
Earlier this year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Wheeling Hospital, Inc. agreed to pay $50 million to resolve…
Pennsylvania Medical Assistant Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Kickback…
On October 20, 2020, Shanelyn Kennedy, a medical assistant from Scranton, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to one count of conspiring to…
Merit Medical to Pay $18 Million Over False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback…
In mid-October 2020, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI) agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company violated…