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Tag Archives: False Claims Act
Department of Justice Raises Penalties for False Claim and Anti-Kickback Violations
By: Timothy S. Wombles On January 29, 2018, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) increased the per-claim range of civil monetary penalties under the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.) (“FCA”) in accordance with a statutory … Continue reading
Posted in Timothy Wombles, Uncategorized
Tagged 2018, Anti-Kickback Statute, Department of Justice, False Claims Act, Timothy Wombles
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Florida Federal Judge Vacates $347 million False Claims Act Judgment against Nursing Home Operator
On January 11, 2018, a federal judge in Tampa, Florida vacated a $347 million False Claims Act judgment against a skilled nursing facility operator and its related entities. Continue reading
Posted in Timothy Wombles, Uncategorized
Tagged False Claims Act, ruckh, skilled nursing facilities, Timothy Wombles
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Does Ability to Pay Count for Anything Any More?
By: Benton Curtis Through the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Report (the “HCFAC”), the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) annually trot out their most recent efforts to combat health care fraud … Continue reading
Posted in Benton Curtis, Compliance, Fraud/Abuse
Tagged Broad and Cassel, Broad and Cassel Health Law Practice Group, Deputy Attorney General, False Claims Act, FCA, Florida health care, HCFAC, health care, Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Report, healthcare, Yates Memo
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Whistleblowers in Health Care- What’s a Company To Do?
By: Anne Novick Branan Joe, the Practice Manager at a local medical group, cringed as he spied Susan, one of the nurses at the practice, marching toward him with an anxious, yet determined, look on her face. About two … Continue reading
Posted in Anne Novick Branan, Fraud/Abuse, Risk/Liability
Tagged Broad and Cassel, Broad and Cassel Health Law Practice Group, compliance, False Claims Act, FCA, Florida, Florida health care, health care, healthcare, qui tam, Whistleblower, whistleblower risk
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Supreme Court Upholds the False Claims Act Implied Certification Theory
By: Stephen Siegel The following article was published in the July 2016 edition of South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report. TREBLE DAMAGES PLUS A PENALTY of as much as $11,000 per claim; that is the exposure a physician, hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Fraud/Abuse, Stephen Siegel
Tagged billing, Broad and Cassel Health Law Practice Group, compliance, False Claims Act, FCA, fraud, health law, healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, South Florida Hospital News, Supreme Court, Whistleblower
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Board oversight: Fiduciary duty of care and individual liability
By: Gabriel Imperato and Joseph Picone Directors of healthcare organizations have important responsibilities relating to corporate compliance requirements that are unique to the healthcare industry. The risks of non-compliance have grown dramatically over the last decade for healthcare organizations as … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Gabriel Imperato, Joseph Picone
Tagged board members, Broad and Cassel, CIAs, compliance violations, corporate integrity agreements, False Claims Act, fiduciary obligations, Florida, HCCA, Health Care Compliance Association, health law, healthcare, liability, OIG-HHS, oversight, protected activity, unlawful, whistleblowers
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Do Not Expect the Pace of Change to Slow in 2016
By: Stephen Siegel This year has been a challenging one for healthcare providers. Just to recall, a few of the challenges in 2015 were: the final implementation of ICD-10; two multi-million dollar Civil False Claims settlements involving physician-hospital relationships in … Continue reading
Posted in Reform, Regulatory, Stephen Siegel
Tagged ACO, billing practices, Broad and Cassel, CMS, False Claims Act, Florida, health law, Health Law Practice Group, healthcare, HIPAA-HITECH, home health, ICD-10, Medicare, MSSP, Office of Civil Rights, OIG, OIG Work Plan, reform, regulations
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Gabriel Imperato Published in Compliance Today Magazine
Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Gabriel Imperato was published in the June 2015 issue of the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Compliance Today magazine. Please click here to view his article, “Understanding the Halifax case and its implications for physician arrangements.”
Posted in Fraud/Abuse, Gabriel Imperato
Tagged AKS, Anti-Kickback Statute, Broad and Cassel, DOJ, DOJ investigators, False Claims Act, FCA, Florida, Gabriel Imperato, Halifax, health law, Health Law Practice Group, healthcare, Medicaid, physician arrangements, qui tam, Stark exception, Stark Law
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Compliance officer independence and compliance risks
Gabriel Imperato, current president of the SCCE/HCCA Board of Directors, was published in the April 2015 edition of Compliance Today. Please click here to view his “President’s Message.”
Posted in Compliance, Gabriel Imperato
Tagged accountable care, Broad and Cassel Health Law Practice Group, compliance, compliance officer, compliance risks, False Claims Act, Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations, Florida, HCCA, health law, healthcare, SCCE, whistleblowers
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Lester Perling and Shachi Mankodi Published in Compliance Today Magazine
Fort Lauderdale Partner Lester Perling and Associate Shachi Mankodi were published in the January 2015 issue of the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Compliance Today magazine. Please click here to view their article, “Packed deals and Letters of Protection: Fraud … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud/Abuse, Lester Perling
Tagged abuse, Anti-Kickback, Broad and Cassel, compliance, Compliance Today, False Claims Act, fraud, HCCA, health care, health law, Health Law Practice Group, healthcare, Letters of Protection, physician arrangements, physicians, referrals, Stark Law
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