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Medical Suppliers' Coronavirus Collaborative Clears DOJ Antitrust ReviewThe collaborative was created under a coronavirus emergency response initiative led by FEMA and HHS.
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FTC, DOJ Issue New Antitrust Procedure and Guidance in Response to COVID-19 With this new procedure in place, response time to partnerships and procompetitive collaboration among health systems and hospitals and outside...
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DOJ Files First Civil Action for Alleged Coronavirus FraudFederal Court issues temporary restraining order against website offering fake COVID-19 vaccine.
Finance
Texas Physicians Group Pays $1.2M to Settle False Claims AllegationsA whistleblower complaint alleged that Millennium Physicians Association PLLC billed Medicare for sleep studies conducted by uncredentialed technicians.
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Sandoz Will Pay $195M to Settle Price Fixing ChargesIt's the seventh such settlement reached by DOJ's Antitrust Division in its ongoing probe of the generic pharmaceutical industry.
Clinical Care
Tufts Medical Center Pledges to Improve Access for Disabled PeopleA settlement agreement with DOJ aims to put the Massachusetts hospital into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Guardian Elder Care to Pay $15.4M to Settle Overbilling AllegationsGuardian directed its nursing facilities in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio to upcharge Medicare at the highest level for medically...
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Practice Fusion to Pay $145M to Settle Criminal, Civil Kickbacks AllegationsThe San Francisco-based EHR vendor admitted that it took $1 million in kickbacks from opioid makers in a scheme to...
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Patient Services Inc. to Pay $3M for Alleged Role as Illegal Conduit for Drug Makers PSI coordinated with three pharmaceutical manufacturers ? Insys, Aegerion, and Alexion ? to facilitate paying kickbacks to Medicare patients taking...
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FTC, DOJ Seek Public Input on Vertical Merger GuidelinesThe draft guidelines outline the agencies' analytical techniques, practices, and enforcement for vertical mergers.
Finance
DOJ Collected $2.6B in FCA Recoveries in 2019 from the Healthcare SectorIt's the 10th straight year that DOJ's civil healthcare fraud settlements and judgments have exceeded $2 billion.
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DOJ Files False Claims Act Complaint against Community Health NetworkA whistleblower suit alleges that Community rewarded physician referrals with compensation way above fair market value.