In March 2016, Tracy Powell, my colleague in SRVH’s Government Compliance & Investigations Practice, penned a blog on the emerging focus on individual liability in healthcare fraud cases. [...]

On Friday, March 27, 2020, the United States House of Representatives passed, and President Trump signed into law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), a $2 [...]

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act (Coronovirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) became law.  The Act provides nearly $2 trillion in stimulus in an attempt to get the country through the [...]

In light of Governor Lee’s Executive Order 17, which limits business activity and gatherings across Tennessee, as well as Nashville Mayor Cooper’s Safer At Home Order, companies statewide are [...]

COVID-19 is wreaking havoc. As the world scrambles to slow its spread, many companies are unable to perform basic contractual obligations.  From “shelter in place” or “safer at home” orders, [...]

In Nashville, the latest word is that almost all conventions, conferences, and meetings scheduled through May 2020 are being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe.  For each, [...]

On March 4, 2020, in United States ex rel. Druding, et al. v. Care Alternatives, No. 18-3298, 2020 WL 1038083, at *1 (3d. Cir. Mar. 4, 2020), the Third Circuit held that medical expert testimony [...]

Scrutiny of electronic health records (EHR) systems and how healthcare providers use them is nothing new. It is also not surprising given that the government has invested more than $35 billion in [...]

Do I have your attention? Okay, forgive me. The headline is a little click-baity. The centerpiece of the Brand Memo – the January 25, 2018 Memorandum by former Associate Attorney General Rachel [...]

As I mentioned a few days ago in discussing DOJ’s annual False Claims Act (FCA) press release, the healthcare industry is still the darling of DOJ and whistleblowers. Healthcare matters comprised [...]