Vincent Leahey

Jul 25, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Nicholas Alarif |Jamie Gelfman |Vincent Leahey

The year 2023 was historic from a Stark Law enforcement perspective, as we witnessed a resurgence of False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions predicated on Stark Law violations. This increase was capped off in December 2023 by the largest-ever settlement predicated on alleged Stark Law violations in history. The 2023 enforcement actions primarily implicated physician compensation arrangements implemented by health systems and hospitals.

May 3, 2023 | lexology.com | Monica Wallace |Emily Cook |Tony Maida |Jamie Gelfman |Vincent Leahey |Evelyn S. Atwater

Register now for your free, tailored, daily legal newsfeed service. Questions? Please contact RegisterTo view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF. USAMay 3 2023This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for March 2023. We discussseveral criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and beneficiary inducement issues.

Apr 17, 2023 | jdsupra.com | James Cannatti III |Jamie Gelfman |Vincent Leahey

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion (AO) 23-03, analyzing a proposed arrangement in which a company that manufactures an at-home colon cancer screening kit and its wholly-owned laboratory that performs the analysis (collectively, the Requestor) would furnish gift cards to certain patients to incentivize them to complete the sample collection process.