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PremiumStudy: Healthcare overtakes finance as most breached industry in 2022
Healthcare organizations were under attack more than ever by cybercriminals in 2022, overtaking finance as the most breached industry, according to the latest analysis from Kroll.
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Restore Hyper Wellness names chief compliance officer
Restore Hyper Wellness announced the appointment of Emma Nasif as chief compliance officer.
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News BriefJ&J unit to pay $9.75M to settle kickback suit
A Johnson & Johnson medical device subsidiary admitted to providing thousands of dollars in equipment as kickbacks to an orthopedic surgeon as part of a $9.75 million settlement reached with the Department of Justice.
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ArticleBioTelemetry to pay $44.8M over India testing false claims
BioTelemetry and CardioNet agreed to pay more than $44.8 million to settle allegations they violated U.S. federal health laws by improperly billing Medicare and other federal programs for heart monitoring and cardiac test analyses performed by a company in India.
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Cureatr adds chief compliance officer
Medication management platform Cureatr announced the hiring of Tracy Tracy as chief compliance officer.
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PremiumDoes ESG offer opportunity? Or is it just another area for compliance friction?
Compliance practitioners share their experiences navigating responsibilities related to environmental, social, and governance without stepping on the toes of other colleagues.
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PremiumCCO/CECO salary data: Five noteworthy trends
Chief compliance officers are earning more than before compared to previous years of our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey, though trends like differences in gender pay persist.
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ArticleDOJ seeking Rennova Health return pandemic relief funds
The Department of Justice requested Rennova Health repay Covid-19 relief funds it received in 2020 as part of a whistleblower lawsuit against the healthcare services provider alleging ineligible use of the money.
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ArticleModMed settles FCA, kickback allegations with DOJ for $45M
Modernizing Medicine paid $45 million to settle false claims allegations levied by the Department of Justice it received kickbacks and made improper payments to providers to increase its business.
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ArticleSutter Health to pay $13M for lab testing false claims
Sutter Health agreed to pay more than $13 million for violating the False Claims Act by billing the United States for toxicology tests it did not conduct but outsourced to other labs, the Department of Justice announced.
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ArticleCarter Healthcare, former execs to pay $30M in DOJ settlements over false claims
Home healthcare provider Carter Healthcare and its former chief executive officer and chief operations officer agreed to pay more than $30 million total under two settlements alleging the parties engaged in kickbacks to doctors and filed false claims.
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ArticleEyeMed fined $4.5M over cybersecurity lapses that led to breach
EyeMed Vision Care agreed to pay $4.5 million as part of a settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services for cybersecurity control failures that helped enable a 2020 data breach.
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ArticleDOJ intervenes in lawsuit against Cigna alleging Medicare fraud
Cigna created a home visit program for Medicare patients that artificially inflated government payments by intentionally incorrectly diagnosing tens of thousands of patients with serious illnesses, the Department of Justice charged in an intervenor complaint.
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USOSM names chief compliance officer
U.S. Oral Surgery Management announced the appointment of Erik Pahl as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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ArticlePharma, whistleblower lessons learned from $900M Biogen settlement
Experts discuss the ramifications of Biogen’s $900 million settlement for False Claims Act violations, including the $266.4 million whistleblower bounty in the case believed to be the largest single award under any government program.
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ArticleBiogen finalizes $900M settlement in false claims whistleblower suit
Biogen finalized a $900 million settlement concerning alleged kickbacks it paid to doctors to induce them to prescribe the company’s drugs and not those of its competitors.
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ArticlePhilips to pay $1.3M in second kickback settlement in month
Philips RS North America agreed to pay approximately $1.3 million to settle charges it unlawfully paid kickbacks as part of its second resolution addressing alleged False Claims Act violations this month.
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Lighthouse Guild adds chief compliance officer
Lighthouse Guild, a provider of medical assistance and social support to people who are blind or visually impaired, announced the appointment of Nicole Hart as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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Kettering Health appoints chief compliance officer
Nonprofit medical center network Kettering Health announced the appointment of Audrey Adams Mondock as chief compliance officer and vice president of corporate integrity and ethics.
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ArticleDems seek stronger HIPAA privacy for abortion patients
Democratic senators are urging the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen federal health privacy protections for abortion patients by updating the HIPAA Privacy Rule.