May 17, 2023 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations
On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announces that a hospital and hospitalist group agreed to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The settlement resolved federal and state allegations. According to the press release, between...
May 10, 2023 | Government Investigations
While Pharmacists are usually subject to the same fraud, waste, and abuse rules as other medical providers and those that do business with the government, pharmacists have enjoyed less publicity when it comes to enforcement actions – though they have been targets of...
May 10, 2023 | False Claims Act
Last month, Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) agreed to settle allegations that it overbilled the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for genetic tests performed by GeneDx, LLC (GeneDx), a third party laboratory used by LabCorp to perform genetic testing for...
May 10, 2023 | Fraud Investigations
Return preparer fraud is one of the IRS’ Dirty Dozen Tax Scams, and the government continues in its efforts to eradicate it as such. Last year, Assistant Attorney General David A. Hubbert advised “taxpayers seeking a return preparer should remain vigilant.” The...
May 10, 2023 | White Collar Crime
In September 2022, Chilivis Grubman attorneys discussed how Medicare revocation can create a dire situation for providers, and how some providers try to skirt the revocation restrictions. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Dr. Kenneth Mitchell is one such...
May 3, 2023 | False Claims Act
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on two consolidated cases from the Seventh Circuit, U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, regarding the proper scienter standard in False Claim Act (“FCA”)...
May 3, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On April 28, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Qasim Khan of Milwaukee, Wisconsin pleaded guilty to willfully filing a false tax return. Khan is a businessman who helped secure international business deals for his clients. According to the DOJ, Khan owned and...
Apr 28, 2023 | Criminal Matters
On April 25, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Georgia physician, Dr. Audrey Arona. Dr. Arona pleaded guilty to charges related to the sale of drug that contained human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), marketed as a weight lost product. HCG is...
Apr 28, 2023 | White Collar Crime
In 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice announced “Operation Brace Yourself,” which included charges against 24 criminal defendants related to dispensing orthotic braces using telemedicine that resulted in an estimated $1.5 billion in cost avoidance, according to the...
Apr 25, 2023 | Election Law
On March 27, 2023, the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (the “Commission”), formerly known as the State Ethics Commission – and likely to be renamed the State Ethics Commission yet again per legislation that passed early this...
