Feb 3, 2022 | Election Law
Last May, Governor Brian Kemp signed into law Senate Bill 221 (SB221), which created a new type of political committee called “leadership committees” that can accept unlimited contributions and make unlimited expenditures during the 2022 election cycle and in future...
Jan 31, 2022 | Fraud Investigations
On January 26, the Department of Justice announced the 5-year prison sentence of a Mississippi pharmacist for a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies. David “Jason” Rutland was found to have paid kickbacks to distributors for...
Jan 31, 2022 | Fraud Investigations
On January 24, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of Joseph Schwartz, an insurance broker and the former owner of Skyline Healthcare, a network of healthcare and rehabilitation facilities. Schwartz faces 22 federal charges of labor violations and...
Jan 31, 2022 | Government Investigations
On January 26, the Department of Justice announced that Tal Prihar, an Israeli national residing in Brazil, was sentenced to 97 months in prison for operating DeepDotWeb (“DDW”). DDW was a news site dedicated to events surrounding the dark web, but also connected...
Jan 27, 2022 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations
The False Claims Act is one of the federal government’s most useful tools in rooting out and remedying fraud against the United States by government contractors and healthcare providers. The statutory scheme allows for treble damages and civil penalties against those...
Jan 25, 2022 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
The HIPAA Journal, a well-known website that provides broad coverage of HIPAA compliance and news, recently released its December 2021 Healthcare Data Breach Report. The Data Breach Report analyzes data breach statistics provided by HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
Jan 25, 2022 | Government Investigations
In September 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Mark Daniel Allen. According to the press release, Mr. Allen was a nurse practitioner and owner of Volunteer Family Medical, a clinic in Manchester, Tennessee. According to court...
Jan 19, 2022 | False Claims Act, White Collar Crime
Student loans and the impact they have on Americans and the economy have been ever-present in the news for years. Many consider the current student loan system in place in the U.S. university system to be a crisis – one that threatens the economy and American...
Jan 19, 2022 | False Claims Act
Laboratories and the use of patient brokers/recruiters have and continue to be scrutinized by the government. There are no indications that the government’s enforcement efforts will subside. In April 2021, Chilivis Grubman attorneys discussed a patient recruiter...
Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
The 2022 election season is upon us! If you are a candidate or potential candidate, a political action committee or campaign committee, a political enthusiast or simply a voter, you will want to note many if not all of the dates outlined below. Election dates are...
