Posted on Health Care Law News November 3, 2015 by author
In 1986 the Civil False Claims Act (“FCA”) was amended to increase penalties from $2,000 to between $5,000 and $10,000 per false claim. In 1999, the penalties were raised to their present level of between $5,500 and $11,000 per false claims. As a result of budget legislation just passed, the FCA penalties as well as Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News, White Collar News November 1, 2015 by author
Only weeks after Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced that the government was going to take a harder line against individuals in corporate fraud cases, the government has charged the former CEO of Warner Chilcott. Carl Reichel was arrested in connection with a health care fraud, false claims and kickback investigation that has also lead Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News October 19, 2015 by author
For what appears to be the first time, a False Claims Act whistleblower who received a reward in connection with the False Claims Act case also received a share of a subsequent CMP imposed by the HHS-OIG in a related enforcement action. As background, the False Claims Act case had been brought against Jack Baker, Read more →
Posted on Firm News, Health Care Law News September 26, 2015 by author
At Nicholson & Eastin, LLP, our attorneys successfully reversed the revocation of Medicare billing privileges for a physician client. After nearly a year-long investigation conducted by SafeGuard Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the physician’s billing privileges had been revoked. However, after a strong reconsideration appeal prepared by our firm, First Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News July 8, 2015 by author
During the annual meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association, representatives from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), announced the creation of a designated litigation team exclusively focused on civil monetary penalties and exclusion cases, with a particular focus on physicians. The OIG team will provide an Read more →