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October 16, 2017 General

What is the Medicare Fraud Strike Force?

Although fraud against the federal and state governments occurs in many different industries, there is always a lot of attention paid to healthcare fraud because it involves such enormous government expenditures, and it has such a huge impact on the beneficiaries of government healthcare programs. That impact can be through […]
October 13, 2017 General

Prestigious Universities and Research Institutions Commit Grant Fraud Too

By Sherrie Savett Major universities rely on government grant money to supplement their revenues from tuition, endowments, and contributions. Purely research entities which are not full universities and where there is little or no tuition revenue depend even more heavily on government grant money, especially in the area of medical […]
October 11, 2017 General

The Anti-Kickback Statute vs. The Stark Law

There is much confusion between the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law because both laws deal with remuneration related to improper referrals. But there are fundamental distinctions between the two laws. Anti-Kickback Statute [42 U.S §1320a-7b(b)] The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b), (“AKS”) arose out of congressional […]
October 9, 2017 General

What is the Stark Law?

Section 1877 of the Social Security Act (“the Act”) (42 U.S.C. 1395nn) is also known as the physician self-referral law and is commonly referred to as the “Stark Law.”[1] The Stark Law was enacted in 1989 with the simple purpose of curbing physician self-referral. It was originally titled the Ethics […]
October 6, 2017 General

A Relator’s Reliance is Irrelevant in a Public Disclosure Bar Inquiry

By Sherrie Savett and Jonathan DeSantis The False Claims Act (“FCA”) contains a public disclosure bar which, generally speaking, prohibits a relator from pursuing FCA claims where the false or fraudulent conduct on which the claims are based has already been publicly disclosed.[1] Various courts have concluded that the public […]
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