Two federal courts issued conflicting rulings on the Anti-Kickback Statute, narrowing its scope in one case while upholding ...

The OIG concluded that the arrangement does not generate prohibited remuneration under the AKS because it satisfies each condition of the Small Entity Investment Safe Harbor. As a result, the OIG ...

Patients Choice Laboratories allegedly knowingly submitted claims to Medicare for tests that were either "medically ...

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.

It's alleged that Patients Choice Laboratories submitted Medicare claims for respiratory pathogen panels that were medically unnecessary.

HHS recently released a report that provides observations on the effect healthcare fraud and abuse laws have on the industry’s transition to value-based payment models. HHS released the report ...

Here are ten big anti-kickback statute cases involving hospitals that made headlines in 2010. 1. Former owners of Los Angeles-based City of Angels Medical Center pay $10 million for paying illegal ...

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 ...

In a recent letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, House legislators call for the expansion of the ...

Our Health Care Group examines how Minnesota’s new state kickback prohibition differs from the federal statute and could increase risk of enforcement actions under the state’s criminal code. Minnesota ...

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 ...

HHS’ Office of the Inspector General and CMS have announced waivers to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law for Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations will be extended ...