Since its enactment in 2018, the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) has rapidly gained momentum as a powerful tool ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in United States v. Regeneron, has joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in ...

The Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act have become mainstays in the Department of Justice's and qui tam whistleblowers' arsenal of health care fraud enforcement tools.

A: The anti-kickback statute is a federal law meant to protect patients and federal health-care programs like Medicare from fraud and abuse. Congress passed the law in 1972. Its aim was to ...

About the Anti-Kickback Statute The law’s two provisions target the bribe recipient and the bride payer. The statute prohibits remuneration for healthcare referrals or purchases reimbursable under a ...

Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act enforcement is entering a new era — turning away from enforcement of COVID-10 pandemic-era fraud, Law.com reported Nov. 7. The recent reelection of ...

Alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) are more and more often at the heart of actions involving accusations of health insurance fraud brought under the False Claims Act (FCA).

Passed by Congress in 1972, the federal anti-kickback law’s main purpose is to protect patients and federal health-care programs from fraud and abuse by eliminating the corrupting influence of ...

In the report, HHS said some gainsharing and similar arrangements can be structured in a way that does not violate the Anti-Kickback Statute and meets the requirements of an exception to the ...

What is the anti-kickback statute? It's a federal law meant to protect patients and federal health-care programs like Medicare from fraud and abuse. It makes it a criminal offense for a company to ...

Regulatory HHS reviewing reforms to the Anti-Kickback Statute in addition to Stark Law By Evan Sweeney Jul 18, 2018 12:55am Fraud healthcare policy Referrals Value-Based Care ...

K&L Gates Triage: Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute Under the False Claims Act [PODCAST] by: G. Norman Acker III, Nora E. Becerra, Katherine L. Hinson of K&L Gates LLP K&L Gates Triage ...