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Vital Signs
OIG unveils online self-disclosure portal
By Joe Carlson | July 09, 2013
HHS' inspector general has unveiled a large red button on the Internet that will cost hospitals and drug companies thousands or perhaps millions of dollars if they press it.
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Striking a balance | OIG's chief counsel talks kickbacks, EHR upcoding and ACO waivers
By Modern Healthcare | June 29, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As chief counsel to HHS' inspector general, Greg Demske drives the office's enforcement priorities and decisions. He also leads the office's efforts—in talks, advisory opinions and other industry guidance—to explain where the office comes down on an extremely complicated set of laws...
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Tuomey, fighting penalty, asks judge to throw out jury verdict
By Joe Carlson | June 28, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Facing a potential penalty of up to $237 million, Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, S.C. says it did nothing illegal and is asking a federal judge to throw out a jury verdict that the hospital violated the False Claims Act and the Stark law.
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Curing technical violations | Stark law exception would let hospitals disclose, resolve paperwork infractions
By Joe Carlson | June 22, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As healthcare lawyers like to say, there's always some hospital CEO stuck on an airplane when a deal is finalized.
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News
Prosecutors pressure Tuomey to settle
By Joe Carlson | May 28, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Pressure is mounting for executives at Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, S.C., to settle their epic legal conflict with the federal government to avoid rendering the community hospital insolvent.
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'High-stakes' decision | Tuomey's adverse verdict may have lingering effects
May 11, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The next time whistle-blower attorney Joel Androphy sits down for a settlement conference with hospital lawyers, he'll have a potent new tool in his arsenal: last week's $39 million Stark law jury verdict against Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, S.C.
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Jury rules Tuomey Healthcare violated Stark in claims worth $39M
By Joe Carlson | May 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A, jury concluded that Tuomey Healthcare in Sumter, S.C., violated the False Claims Act by submitting tens of thousands of illegal bills to Medicare worth $39 million.
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Magazine
Regional News/West: Two Montana hospitals pay $4 million | Following internal review, Sisters of Charity settles Medicare fraud claims
By Joe Carlson | May 04, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Two Montana hospitals sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System are paying federal authorities $4 million after an internal review turned up more than 100 potentially illegal arrangements for paying doctors.
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Modern Physician
Mont. hospitals to pay feds $4M over arrangements with docs
By Joe Carlson | May 01, 2013
Two Montana hospitals sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System are paying federal authorities $4 million after an internal review turned up more than 100 potentially illegal arrangements for paying doctors.
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Updated protocol | Guide clarifies self-disclosure for violations
By Joe Carlson | April 20, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Healthcare lawyers are praising a revised how-to guide from HHS' inspector general's office that clarifies the leniency and timeframe that healthcare companies can expect when they turn themselves in for potentially fraudulent financial arrangements.
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