Aug 24, 2017 | Health Care
In response to the nationwide opioid epidemic, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently announced the creation of the Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit. The announcement was made on August 2, 2017, by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who explained that for...
Jul 18, 2017 | Health Care
On July 7, 2017, U.S. District Judge David Doty of the District of Minnesota issued an order granting summary in favor of North Memorial Health Care (“NMHC”), in which the court dismissed an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEOC”) suit alleging that NMHC retaliated...
Jul 18, 2017 | Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
On June 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion 17-02 (“AO 17-12”) concerning an unnamed hospital’s proposal to waive or reduce certain cost-sharing fees owed by Medicare beneficiaries who...
Jul 5, 2017 | Health Care
On June 7, 2017, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report estimating that Medicare paid over $729 million in improper electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments to healthcare providers who did...
Jun 21, 2017 | Health Care
On May 26, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision holding that a diabetic testing supply company did not violate the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) by making unsolicited phone calls to Medicare beneficiaries. Two whistleblowers...
May 17, 2017 | Health Care
On May 8, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision holding that, under the Americans with Disability Act (“ADA”) and Rehabilitation Act, deaf patients have the right to sue a hospital for not providing adequate interpretation services...
