Legal & Regulatory Issues

A federal court has dismissed Atlanta-based LabMD's suit alleging the FTC does not have the power to broadly regulate data security and the FTC failed to inform LabMD of how its data security measures fell short relative to a data…

Tariq Mahmood, MD, has rescinded his guilty plea and hired a new attorney to represent him at his trial concerning his involvement in a Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme from 2010 to 2013, according to a Dallas News report.

More than 50 hospitals are joining in the Stark Law Correction Coalition — organized by the law firm of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman — to urge legislators to adopt an amendment to Stark Law that would limit the…

A federal judge has dismissed most of the TRICARE recipients from the class-action lawsuit filed against TRICARE and Science Applications International Corporation, a scientific, engineering and technology applications company, which was filed as a result of a 2011 data breach.

According to HHS' Office of the Inspector General's annual report, the following 5 states had the most Medicaid fraud investigations for 2013:

The Federal Trade Commission has filed its response to Atlanta-based LabMD's Motion for Summary Determination that asks the commission to dismiss the FTC's complaint with prejudice because there are no disputed facts that could affect the outcome of the case.

Just days before his May 12 trial date, Tariq Mahmood, MD, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with his involvement in a Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme from 2010 to 2013, according to…

HHS' Office of the Inspector General has released the results from its onsite review of the New Jersey Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that reveals the unit did not meet all of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit performance standards.

The following is a list of settlements of cases filed by employees under the qui tam, or whistle-blower, provision of the False Claims Act reported in the last 30 days.

The Department of Justice has notified St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical that it is conducting an investigation into the company for potential kickback violations, according to St. Jude's quarterly U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report.