The 60-Day Vulture Comes Home to Roost

Posted on August 7, 2015 in Case Analysis, Legal Updates, Reverse False Claims

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In a judicial opinion certain to rock the provider world, Judge Edgardo Ramos of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a New York Health System’s (“Health System”) motion to dismiss the U.S.’s and New York State’s complaints in intervention under the federal False Claims... Continue Reading →

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OIG Issues New Guidelines for Review of State FCA Statutes

Posted on March 15, 2013 in Legal Updates, Statutes and Regulations

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The recent amendments to the False Claims Act, the Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act of 2009 (“FERA”), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“PPACA”) and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) continue to generate new rules and guidance. Effective 2007, Congress created incentives for states to pass... Continue Reading →

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FCA – ACA = ?

Posted on June 25, 2012 in Legal Updates

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This Thursday, June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare.” In so doing, it may also make significant changes in one of the newest and most complicated amendments the False Claims Act, with results that are... Continue Reading →

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UPDATED – Retention of Overpayments under FERA and the ACA

Posted on January 6, 2011 in Legal Updates

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The Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act of 2009 (“FERA”) was enacted on May 20, 2009. Among other things, FERA significantly amended the False Claims Act (“FCA”) to make it easier for whistleblowers to bring claims against Medicare and Medicaid providers and other government contractors. It also created an entirely new type... Continue Reading →

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