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Compliance Gaps in Due Diligence: Lessons Learned from a $25 million FCA Settlement

Provider Trust

Learn why the SBMHC settlement proves that healthcare providers must be diligently monitoring their compliance efforts.

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Changing Tides: DOJ Announces a New Safe Harbor Policy for Voluntary Self-Disclosure in M&A Transactions

Hall Render

This Safe Harbor Policy (“Policy”) is aimed at incentivizing acquiring companies to identify and timely disclose misconduct discovered during the due diligence and post-acquisition integration process. Transactions that might have been abandoned or restructured due to the discovery of misconduct can now potentially move forward.

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New Safe Harbor and General Compliance Program Guidance Provides Opportunity for Buyers to Mitigate Litigation and Fraud Risk

Health Law RX

This blog post will provide guidance regarding: (1) how to satisfy the elements of the M&A Safe Harbor, (2) the benefits of using the GCPG as a baseline standard for all compliance programs, and (3) the use of the GCPG as a baseline for meeting the requirements of the M&A Safe Harbor. Gandle, for her contribution to this blog post.

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8 Common Provider Credentialing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Verisys

3: Allowing a physician to treat patients before credentialing is completed Courts have held hospitals liable when a physician falsifies credentials, and the hospital fails to do its due diligence in verifying them. Therefore, due diligence requires background checks to identify current and historical adverse actions.

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Quality Follows Preparation: 4 Key Structural Considerations in Health Care M&A Due Diligence

Hall Render

As deal work in the health care industry continues at a feverish pace and timelines are condensed, due diligence can often suffer and be overlooked in favor of speed. While the content of due diligence is extremely important, a successful due diligence process must also focus on the structure.

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PE Firms Face Liability for the Conduct of their Portfolio Companies: Are you Paying Attention?

Healthcare Law Blog

Private equity investors should take note to not only carefully review any company acquisitions during their due diligence process prior to taking ownership, but to also delineate the PE firm’s actions as an investor from the portfolio company’s actions as a separate operational entity. million to the U.S.

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The ABC’s of Integrating AI Into Your Compliance Strategy 

YouCompli

If not already at the table, be ready to deploy the same due diligence and compliance program oversight as part of your vendor oversight initiatives. Be prepared for an oversight structure that includes new partnerships such as cloud vendors, external IT professionals, and other consulting firms.