- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Adrianne Appel2025-02-18T20:08:00
Six health centers that contracted with the Department of Defense (DOD), intentionally overbilled the government for more than $100 million, the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged in announcing a settlement with one of the plans.
The six plans, which includes The Johns Hopkins Medical Services Corporation and SVCMC Inc., formerly known as St. Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York, provide healthcare to active and retired military personnel and their families through the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan. The DOJ has reached a $29 million settlement with SVCMC and it is pursuing claims against the other five.
In 2012, SVCMC noticed that the government had made a mistake and labeled their patients as sicker than they actually were, resulting in a higher reimbursement rate, the DOJ said.
2025-06-10T17:14:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Federal agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Customs and Border Protection, are expected to significantly alter the enforcement scope of the False Claims Act to reflect the enforcement priorities of the Trump Administration, experts speaking at Compliance Week’s Women in Compliance Summit in Austin, Texas.
2025-02-20T14:57:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Brett Shumate, the current acting head of the Civil Division at the Department of Justice, to assistant attorney general of the division. Shumate’s nomination to the arm of the DOJ that primarily handles civil cases comes at a time when Trump’s administration ...
2025-02-05T14:22:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Two owner-operators of three Arizona medical companies have pleaded guilty to billing more than $1.2 billion in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and other government health programs in less than two years, the Department of Justice said.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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