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The HHS Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) has upheld the largest stipulated penalty imposed by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) in years. OIG fined...

Spurred by concerns over contact tracing and, apparently, telehealth resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and fearful of elements of new interoperability rules doctors say may...

Piedmont Healthcare Inc. in Atlanta has agreed to pay $16 million to settle false claims allegations over the twin compliance risks of billing for admissions...

How do your billing and/or prescribing submissions compare to those of your peers? Even the most compliant process can benefit from comparisons and analyses of...

Putting to rest 19 whistleblower lawsuits, Universal Health Services Inc. and UHS of Delaware Inc. have agreed to pay $117 million to settle false claims...

In the first six months of this year, NIH removed 24 individuals from its peer review panels, and at least 14 researchers lost their status...

In a complicated false claims case that boils down to fair market value allegedly run amok, an Oklahoma hospital, related entities and two physicians agreed...

Even before many Americans were affected by the novel coronavirus and the resulting stay-at-home orders, school closures, and business shutdowns, telehealth was one of the...

Since the beginning of time, corruption has been a cancer of society and led to the decline of many great civilizations. “Corruption began life as...

In a case about the free or discounted services of advanced practice providers (APPs), St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, agreed to pay $747,973...