Health Care Enforcement Year 2021 Year In Review & 2022 Outlook

In 2021, health care fraud enforcement authorities directed attention to priorities of recent years while increasing their focus on emerging areas. Perhaps necessarily, enforcement efforts targeted some of the dominant challenges of the day: the COVID-19 pandemic and the worsening opioid epidemic. As we predicted in our Health Care Enforcement 2020 Year in Review & 2021 Outlook1 (2021 Outlook), the government aggressively pursued many forms of alleged fraud involving COVID-19, which included misuse of COVID-19 relief […]

By | February 15th, 2022 ||

So You’re A Health Care Provider Who’s Received A Civil Investigative Demand. Now What?

Getting any communication from the U.S. Department of Justice can be a bit unnerving. That’s particularly true for medical providers receiving a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) for documents and testimony.

If you’re not sure what to do in response, keep reading and we’ll answer many of the questions you may be asking or should be asking.
What is a Civil Investigative Demand (CID)?
It’s a tool used by the Justice Department to investigate potential violations of the […]

By | February 8th, 2022 ||

FTC Releases New Health Breach Notification Rule Guidance, Targets Health Apps And Connected Devices

On January 21, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced new resources to help companies determine their obligations under the Health Breach Notification Rule (the “Rule”): the Health Breach Notification Rule: Basics for Business, which provides a quick introduction to the Rule, and Complying with FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule (“Compliance Guidance”), a more in-depth compliance guidance.  These resources follow the FTC’s September 2021 Policy Statement, which expanded the Rule’s application to the developers of health apps, connected devices, and similar […]

By | February 2nd, 2022 ||