05.21.20
Nursing homes and other post-acute healthcare providers have long been the focus of both government investigations and private plaintiffs focusing on quality of care, staffing and billing issues.
04.14.20
With many banks and credit unions electing to limit Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to existing customers, many nonbank lenders are scrambling to fill the gap and take part in the $349 billion program prior to the end of the application period on June 30, 2020.
04.09.20
Although federal regulators repeatedly have assured banks that they can make Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans without fear of later reprisals, there remains the potential for liability under the federal False Claims Act.
04.08.20
We hope this alert finds you, your families and your colleagues healthy and safe in these challenging times.
12.18.19
In the latest update to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy, the agency formalized prior guidance as to how companies can voluntarily disclose information in order to receive leniency.
11.19.19
In FY 2018, the federal government won or negotiated more than $2.3 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements.
09.24.19
04.04.19
Recent actions by the DOJ suggest that although the DOJ may continue to prosecute certain relators’ FCA cases, other relators may find themselves on the other side of a government motion to dismiss.
10.24.18
Applying a U.S. Supreme Court decision in the context of insurance coverage for a bank, a New York appellate court ruled that the amounts paid to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as disgorgement under a cease and desist order issued by the SEC were a “penalty” for which ...
10.23.18
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) covers services that are “reasonable and necessary.”
