Daniel Cody

1 week ago | mondaq.com | Daniel Cody |Karen S. Lovitch

California legislative activity focused upon private equitygroup and hedge fund health care transactions continuesnotwithstanding California Governor Gavin Newsom's veto last fall of California Assembly Bill3129 (AB-3129). As we discussed in previous posts here and here, AB-3129 would have authorized theCalifornia Attorney General (AG) to review certain private equitygroup and hedge fund health care transactions.

2 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | Daniel Cody |Karen S. Lovitch

California legislative activity focused upon private equity group and hedge fund health care transactions continues notwithstanding California Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto last fall of California Assembly Bill 3129 (AB-3129). As we discussed in previous posts here and here, AB-3129 would have authorized the California Attorney General (AG) to review certain private equity group and hedge fund health care transactions.

2 weeks ago | mondaq.com | Daniel Cody |Jane Haviland |Rachel Yount

On May 14, 2025, Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Centerd/b/a Community Health System (CHS) and its technology partner,Physicians Network Advantage, Inc. (PNA), agreed to pay $31.5 million (the SettlementAgreement) and enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement to settleallegations of violating the federal anti-kickback statute (AKS)and physician self-referral law (Stark Law) under the False ClaimsAct (FCA).

2 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | Daniel Cody |Jane Haviland |Rachel Yount

On May 14, 2025, Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center d/b/a Community Health System (CHS) and its technology partner, Physicians Network Advantage, Inc. (PNA), agreed to pay $31.5 million and enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement to settle allegations of violating the federal anti-kickback statute (AKS) and physician self-referral law (Stark Law) under the False Claims Act (FCA).

2 weeks ago | natlawreview.com | Daniel Cody

In 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved several noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) cases against hospitals and health systems. In particular, DOJ obtained a number of large recoveries in cases where Stark Law and federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations served as a predicate for FCA claims. Moreover, DOJ sued a major nonprofit health system for alleged systemic Stark Law and FCA violations involving excessive physician compensation (see our prior post here).