Posted on Health Care Law News September 16, 2017 by Robert Nicholson
In a 2-1 Decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s order to HHS to clear the backlog of administrative appeals within four years. The appellate court found that the district court failed to adequately test HHS’s assertion that this mandate was impossible. After considering the merits of a group of hospitals Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News August 16, 2017 by Robert Nicholson
On August 14, 2017, CMS announced a significant change in its claims audit strategy for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). Under the new strategy — called Targeted Probe and Educate — MACs “will select claims for items/services that pose the greatest financial risk to the Medicare trust fund and/or those that have a high national error rate.” Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News, White Collar News August 8, 2017 by Robert Nicholson
In a recent example of prosecutions of physicians for using adulterated or misbranded drugs and devices, a Tampa area oncologist was sentenced on August 7, 2017 to almost 6 years in prison for using unapproved, foreign-sourced chemotherapy drugs. According to the Indictment, Dr. Norbergs ordered the drugs from foreign, unlicensed distributors for use in her Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News, White Collar News August 4, 2017 by Robert Nicholson
The Department of Justice has announced the creation of a new Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit to be comprised of 12 Assistance United States Attorneys in 12 different jurisdictions that will be exclusively assigned to prosecute criminal violations relating to prescription drugs. The unit reportedly will use data to identify subjects that may be Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News August 4, 2017 by Robert Nicholson
In one of the latest opinions from a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals on the issue of the particularity required of a whistleblower in bringing a False Claims Act case, the First Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a case to proceed with allegations regarding a single false claim. The Court commented that with respect to the allegations of Read more →