ASCs continue to face complex regulatory scrutiny under federal anti-kickback and fraud laws, even as they operate outside certain Stark law restrictions. A recent Minnesota Lawyer article and ...

The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) announced its updated Code of Ethics on Interactions with US Health Care Professionals ...

Subsidized federal health insurance plans offered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could cause the Anti-Kickback Statute and by extension the False Claims Act to reach beyond ...

In a recent advisory opinion, the Office of Inspector General determined that a hospital shouldn’t be penalized under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute if it provides bonuses to a physician group in ...

On Sept. 22, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued an opinion in United States, et al., ex rel. Nolan, et al. v. HCA Healthcare, Inc., 2025 WL 2713747 (M.D. Tenn. Sept.

"This edition of the Healthcare Enforcement column continues to follow recent developments in United States ex rel. Shea v. eHealth, Inc. et al., 21-cv-11777 (DJC) (D. Mass.), a significant False ...

In a year-end set of new regulations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the HHS Inspector General finalized the Stark law exemption, which allows hospitals to fund up to 85 percent of ...

This is a short summary of 15 anti-kickback and fraud cases and investigations that have made headlines in 2009. The situations involve a range of participants including hospitals, device companies, ...

A recent federal opinion offers doctors new latitude to invest in healthcare ventures, but financial entanglements can still ...

The owner of a genetic testing company in Middle Tennessee has been sentenced to five years in prison after his conviction in a kickback scheme. Prosecutors said the company, Crestar Labs in Spring ...