Oct 5, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 26, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that device manufacturer Semler Scientific had agreed to pay nearly $30 million, and its former distributor Bard Peripheral Vascular had agreed to pay an additional $7.2 million, in connection with the...
Sep 17, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 16, 2025, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that knee implant manufacturer Exactech Inc. had agreed to pay $8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The press release...
Sep 9, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On September 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a report expressing “major” fraud, waste, and abuse concerns related to skin substitutes billed to Medicare Part B. According to...
Aug 18, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
We write frequently about the federal False Claims Act (FCA), which is the federal government’s most powerful civil fraud fighting tool. Healthcare providers, government contractors, and any other business that submits claims for reimbursement to the federal...
Aug 14, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) represents one of – if not the – top regulatory and liability risk that healthcare providers face when doing business with federal healthcare programs (FHPs) including Medicare and Medicaid. The FCA prohibits, among other things,...
Aug 11, 2025 | Health Care
Federal health leaders have excluded major medical organizations including the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), from...
