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News BriefPenn State Health to pay $11.7M over self-disclosed Medicare violations
Multihospital healthcare system Penn State Health agreed to pay more than $11.7 million to resolve self-disclosed violations of Medicare rules related to improper billing.
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News BriefMontefiore Medical Center to pay $4.8M over employee’s data theft
Montefiore Medical Center agreed to pay $4.75 million to settle allegations by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights that failures by the New York City nonprofit facility allowed an employee to steal and sell patient information for six months.
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Imperative Care appoints chief legal officer
Medical technology company Imperative Care announced the appointment of Scott Elliott as chief legal officer.
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Privia Health appoints general counsel, legal chief
Privia Health Group announced Edward Fargis was named executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. He will also serve as the company’s chief legal officer.
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Allurion Technologies appoints legal chief
Allurion Technologies, provider of a platform for weight loss, announced the appointment of Brendan Gibbons as its new chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announces risk chief
Health plan provider Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced Dawn Perry was named chief risk and audit officer, senior counsel and senior vice president.
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News BriefSilver Lake Hospital to pay $19M over Medicare false claims
New Jersey-based Silver Lake Hospital agreed to pay more than $18.6 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice addressing allegations of false claims submitted to Medicare for inpatient cost outlier payments.
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News BriefRDx Bioscience, CEO settle kickback case for $13M
New Jersey-based clinical laboratory RDx Bioscience and its chief executive officer agreed to pay more than $13 million to the Department of Justice to settle illegal kickback allegations.
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L.A. Care appoints chief compliance officer
L.A. Care Health Plan announced Todd Gower was appointed its new chief compliance officer.
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OpinionTen things I’d like to see happen in 2024
Election years in the United States, United Kingdom, and at European Parliament, along with ongoing geopolitical tensions, make 2024 difficult to predict—aside from the expectation compliance officers will be busy.
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Atlantic Home Health Care to pay $10M over energy program false claims
Atlantic Home Health Care LLC agreed to pay nearly $10 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice addressing the alleged submission of false claims to the Department of Labor’s Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
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News BriefMoffitt Cancer Center cooperation lauded in $20M DOJ false claims case
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Hospital agreed to pay nearly $20 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice addressing alleged violations of the False Claims Act for improperly billing federal healthcare programs.
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Harpoon Therapeutics adds legal chief
Harpoon Therapeutics announced the appointment of James Bucher as chief legal officer.
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Olympus names global general counsel
Medical technology company Olympus announced the appointment of Neil Boyden Tanner as global general counsel.
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News BriefEx-ChristianaCare CCO wins $12M in False Claims Act settlement
The former chief compliance officer of ChristianaCare Health System will receive more than $12 million as part of a settlement addressing his allegations of kickbacks and other False Claims Act violations at the Delaware-based hospital network.
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News BriefPhilips unit settles DOJ false claims case for $14.7M
Wireless medical technology company BioTelemetry and its subsidiary LifeWatch Services agreed to pay more than $14.7 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice regarding alleged false claims submitted to federal healthcare programs.
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PremiumMoney, size, industry: Multiple factors at play in setting compliance reporting lines
Compliance teams most often report to their firm’s legal department, our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey found. However, heavily regulated companies and those with fewer employees saw different trends emerge.
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News BriefCommunity Health Network to pay $345M in historic Stark Law case
Indiana-based Community Health Network agreed to pay $345 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice resolving allegations it overcompensated physicians it employed at a rate that violated the Stark Law.
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Point32Health names chief legal officer
Point32Health, the parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, announced the appointment of Susan Kee as chief legal officer.
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PremiumThree areas for leveling up continuous compliance review and monitoring
Compliance professionals often do not think broadly enough about what can and should fall under the umbrella of monitoring and review that will positively impact their ethics and compliance programs. Mary Shirley offers suggestions for program elements to review.