In a recent advisory opinion, the Office of Inspector General determined that a hospital shouldn’t be penalized under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute if it provides bonuses to a physician group in ...

It’s now 3–1, with the First Circuit (2025) aligning with the Sixth (2023) and Eighth (2022) Circuits finding the meaning of the words “resulting from” — as used in a 2010 amendment to the federal ...

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Subsidized federal health insurance plans offered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could cause the Anti-Kickback Statute and by extension the False Claims Act to reach beyond ...

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On Sept. 22, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued an opinion in United States, et al., ex rel. Nolan, et al. v. HCA Healthcare, Inc., 2025 WL 2713747 (M.D. Tenn. Sept.

In a year-end set of new regulations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the HHS Inspector General finalized the Stark law exemption, which allows hospitals to fund up to 85 percent of ...

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ASCs continue to face complex regulatory scrutiny under federal anti-kickback and fraud laws, even as they operate outside certain Stark law restrictions. A recent Minnesota Lawyer article and ...

This is a short summary of 15 anti-kickback and fraud cases and investigations that have made headlines in 2009. The situations involve a range of participants including hospitals, device companies, ...

In a case that could define what is and is not an illegal kickback in health care, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a Chicago businessman's conviction for paying an advertising ...