In this posting: A Look Back at 2013 Antitrust and Competition Policy, Advocacy and Legislative Strategy Development FDA and Life Sciences Privacy and Data Protection Enforcement and Compliance Transactions and Finance Reimbursement, Licensing and Certification Fraud and Abuse Laws Tax-Exempt Organizations Honors and Recognition Was it the number 13? There’s an old superstition about the … Continue Reading
By Donna S. Clark and Darby C. Allen on Posted in Uncategorized
On January 8, 2014, the U.S. district judge in the Halifax Hospital Medical Center (Hospital) case pending in the Middle District of Florida granted the Hospital’s motion to dismiss all of the relator’s anti-kickback law claims. This False Claims Act case is partially predicated on alleged violations of the Stark Law and the anti-kickback law … Continue Reading
By Donna S. Clark and Darby C. Allen on Posted in Uncategorized
On the heels of the landmark Tuomey case (see the October 3, 2013 issue of the Health Law Update), the federal government recently has seen success in two more False Claims Act cases predicated on alleged Stark Law violations. Halifax Hospital Medical Center In November, a federal district court judge in Florida granted partial summary judgment … Continue Reading