Groundhog day for Tuomey: jury finds hospital violated Stark Law and False Claims Act *

USA - May 16 2013
On May 8, 2013, a jury in the Columbia Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina returned a verdict finding that Tuomey…

Co-authors: Donna S. Clark.

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Novel “bad faith admission” EMTALA theory survives motion to dismiss *

USA - May 2 2013
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied Contra Costa Regional Medical Center's (CCRMC) motion to dismiss…

Co-authors: Robert M. Wolin, Melissa A. Brown.

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Sixth Circuit holds physician supervision and enrollment issues are not conditions of payment for purposes of FCA liability *

USA - April 18 2013
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision overturning an $11.1 million False Claims Act (FCA) verdict against MedQuest Associates…

Co-authors: B. Scott McBride.

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OIG and CMS issue proposals to extend safe harbor and exception for EHR donations *

USA - April 18 2013
In the April 10 Federal Register, two agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published proposed rules that many healthcare…

Co-authors: Donna S. Clark.

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CMS addresses hospital rebilling after inpatient denials through interim administrator ruling and proposed rule *

USA - March 21 2013
On March 18, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register two important documents addressing the hotly…

Co-authors: B. Scott McBride.

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