Apr 14, 2021 | False Claims Act
On April 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing a $22.5 million settlement with South Carolina’s largest urgent care provider – Doctors Care, P.A. (d/b/a/ “Doctors Care”) – and its management company, UCI Medical Affiliates of South...
Apr 14, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, DOJ, Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On April 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release regarding a Colorado physician who is accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from three COVID-19 relief programs – the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program (“AAPP”), the Provider Relief Fund...
Apr 14, 2021 | Health Care
This past January, and in the middle of a winter surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (“QSOG”) and Survey & Operations Group (“SOG”) memorandum addressed to...
Apr 8, 2021 | White Collar Crime
In a March 24 press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that it had charged a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology with conspiracy to commit visa fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud. The...
Apr 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Many health care providers have already taken advantage of the significant funds that the federal government has distributed over the past year to assist businesses during the pandemic. For any small businesses that have not yet applied for a Paycheck Protection...
