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Aug 16, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Eoin P. Beirne |Eóin Beirne |Brian Dunphy |Nick LaPalme
In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to create a new whistleblower rewards pilot program.[1] The program would offer financial incentives to whistleblowers that report corporate misconduct and increase pressure on companies to voluntarily self-disclose their misconduct.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Kevin M. McGinty |Laurence J. Freedman |Karen S. Lovitch |Brian Dunphy
Mintz's annual report on False Claims Act case activity
analyzes data from the DOJ and the firm's Health Care Qui
Tam Database, and explores the 2023 spike in FCA case
activity, the ongoing moderate decline in health care–related
activity, and continuing robust recoveries in health care
cases.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Eoin P. Beirne |Eóin Beirne |Brian Dunphy |Nick LaPalme
In early March 2024 at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco’s keynote remarks previewed the development of new and significant Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) policy initiatives.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Eoin P. Beirne |Eóin Beirne |Karen S. Lovitch |Brian Dunphy |Nick LaPalme
In early March 2024 at the American Bar Association's 39th
National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General
(DAG) Lisa Monaco's keynote remarks previewed the development of
new and significant Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department)
policy initiatives.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Eoin P. Beirne |Eóin Beirne |Karen S. Lovitch |Brian Dunphy |Nick LaPalme
In early March 2024 at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco’s keynote remarks previewed the development of new and significant Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) policy initiatives.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Daniel Cody |Brian Dunphy |Samantha P. Kingsbury
Since May 2023, federal legislators have introduced a broad array of bills designed to address the rapid promulgation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. In that time, over 50 bills have been introduced, the vast majority of which have been referred to various congressional committees (Mintz tracks AI-related legislation here).
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Brian Dunphy |Samantha P. Kingsbury
Like most industries, the health care sector is grappling with the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and what AI means for the future. At the same time, many health care companies already have integrated algorithms and AI applications into their service offerings and thus should be considering compliance risks associated with those tools.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Brian Dunphy
Medicare Advantage (also known as Medicare Part C) remains a top enforcement priority as evidenced by False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation involving nearly all large Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs).
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Brian Dunphy
A recent Massachusetts Federal District Court decision adds to divergent opinions deciding an important health care enforcement question: what causation standard applies to a False Claims Act (FCA) case based on a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)? The AKS states that a claim that includes items or services “resulting from” a violation of the AKS constitutes a “false or fraudulent claim” under the FCA.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Brian Dunphy |Grady Campion
A recent Massachusetts Federal District Court decision adds to divergent opinions deciding an important health care enforcement question: what causation standard applies to a False Claims Act (FCA) case based on a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)? The AKS states that a claim that includes items or services “resulting from” a violation of the AKS constitutes a “false or fraudulent claim” under the FCA.
