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Exploring Cigna's $172 Million Medicare Advantage Settlement

Healthicity

Medicare Advantage Compliance Under the Spotlight: Lessons from Cigna's $172 Million Settlement $172 million is a lot of money. It's also the amount that the Cigna Group recently agreed to pay to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act in relation to its Medicare Advantage (MA) plan enrollees.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy 

Bill of Health

The selections feature topics ranging from an analysis of government and industry investments for recently approved drugs, to a discussion of court decisions on mifepristone, and an examination of the added therapeutic benefit associated with the top-selling brand-name drugs in Medicare. Cliff ERS, Kesselheim AS, Rome BN, Feldman WB.

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False Claims Act: Prediction on Supreme Court Ruling on Government Dismissal Authority

Healthcare Law Today

The case asks whether the government has authority to dismiss an FCA suit after initially declining to proceed with the action, and if so, what standard would apply. Petitioner-Relator Polansky is a doctor and former consultant for Executive Health Resources (EHR), a company that submits claims to Medicare on behalf of health care providers.

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Federal Jury Convicts New York Doctor of Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Med-Net Compliance

A federal jury convicted a New York ENT doctor for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by causing the submission of false and fraudulent claims for surgical procedures that were not performed. Specifically, between January 2014 and February 2018, the doctor billed Medicare and Medicaid approximately $585,000 and was paid approximately $191,000.

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False Claims Act Settlements Exceed $5.6 Billion in Fiscal Year 2021

Healthcare Compliance Blog

This is the second largest annual total in False Claims Act history, and the largest since 2014. Congress strengthened the False Claims Act by increasing incentives for whistleblowers to file lawsuits alleging false claims on behalf of the government. More than $5.6 Total recovery now totals more than $70 billion.

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Migraine Company Fails to Avoid Own Headache: Jet Medical and Others to Pay $745,000 to Resolve Allegations that Medical Device was not Approved or Cleared before Commercialization

Healthcare Law Today

The government alleged that, between April 2014 and April 2019, Jet Medical introduced devices into interstate commerce that were misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) because Jet Medical did not obtain approval or clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to distribution.

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Verisys- Healthcare Fraud and Abuse

Verisys

This is the largest amount recovered under the False Claims Act since 2014. Abuse of government healthcare programs is a federal offense with severe penalties. government or a government contractor. The Most Common False Claims The FCA primarily combats healthcare fraud and abuse associated with Medicare and Medicaid.

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