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Barnes & Thornburg LLP: Antitrust Enforcement For Market Allocation By Michigan Hospitals
Posted on 7 Jul 2015 by Barnes & Thornburg LLP

By Julie Veldman On June 25, 2015, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Michigan Attorney General (Michigan AG) sued four Michigan hospital systems for entering into agreements with a competitor to unlawfully allocate territories for... Read More

Tags: health care , ProMedica Health System , W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital , Community Health Center of Branch County , Michigan , Hillsdale Community Health Center , Allegiance Health , Barnes & Thornburgh , DOJ , United States Department of Justice

Cadwalader Client & Friends Memo: A 'Hat Trick' of Heightened False Claims Act Risks for Health Care Providers
Posted on 14 Aug 2012 by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Introduction At the risk of stating the obvious, fighting and prosecuting health care fraud are top priorities for the Federal Government, and the False Claims Act ("FCA") is its weapon of choice in the battle. In a speech in June, Stuart... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , ObamaCare , False Claims Act , Medicare , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , FCA , Affordable Care Act , Department of Justice , Health Care Reform , ACA , Obama , Medicaid , U.S. ex rel. Matheny v. Medco Health Solutions , Corporate Integrity Agreement , Eleventh Circuit' , GlaxoSmithKline , qui tam , DOJ