Apr 7, 2020 | Business Litigation, General
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into the law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which included $500 billion for assistance to eligible businesses, states, and municipalities. As with prior economic stimulus laws, the...
Mar 31, 2020 | Medicare and Medicaid
On March 30, 2020, as part of the federal government’s continuing efforts to lessen the regulatory burden on healthcare providers during the pendency of the COVID-19 crisis, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued blanket waivers of certain...
Mar 31, 2020 | Health Care
On March 30, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued a press release entitled “Message from leadership on minimizing burdens on providers.” In that press release, the OIG stated that it “places a high...
Mar 27, 2020 | Medicare and Medicaid
On March 23, HHS-OIG became the latest federal agency to issue an alert warning of COVID-19 related scams. Specifically, HHS-OIG stated that “[s]cammers are offering COVID-19 tests to Medicare beneficiaries in exchange for personal details, including Medicare...
Mar 27, 2020 | Cyber Law, False Claims Act
According to a press release by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), numerous fraud schemes have developed related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a March 16 memo to U.S. attorneys, Attorney General William Barr directed the DOJ to “remain vigilant in detecting,...
