Feb 12, 2021 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care
The Department of Justice recently announced that Athenahealth, Inc. (Athena), an electronic health record (“EHR”) vendor, has agreed to pay $18.25 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Athena allegedly implemented various marketing...
Jan 11, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, Government Investigations, Health Care
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a permanent injunction barring Matthew Ryncarz and his companies, Fusion Health and Vitality LLC (d/b/a Pharm Origins) and Fusion Ionz LLC (also d/b/a Pharm Origins), from selling unapproved drugs. ...
Jan 5, 2021 | Health Care
In November 2019, CG Attorneys wrote about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) price transparency rule requiring hospitals to publish prices for services beginning in 2021. Under the rule, hospitals must provide customers the “standard charges”...
Dec 15, 2020 | Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
On Thursday, December 10, 2020, the Department of Justice issued a press release regarding the sentencing of a Texas clinic owner and employee to 20 years and 8 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in a pill mill scheme. The clinic owner, Baker Niazi, pled...
Dec 1, 2020 | Health Care
On November 24, 2020, Purdue Pharma LP pleaded guilty to allegations that it conspired to defraud the government and violate the anti-kickback statute. Purdue pleaded guilty to three felony charges: one count of dual-object conspiracy to defraud the United States and...
Dec 1, 2020 | Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a draft of its final rule regarding Medicare’s physician self-referral law, colloquially known as the Stark Law. On the same day, CMS also issued a press release and fact sheet...
