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From Carrot to Stick?: Use of Self-Audits as Evidence Against Healthcare Entities in False Claims Act Cases
Introduction In recent years, many healthcare entities have invested tremendous resources into compliance programs. They have done so with the understanding that good faith compliance efforts – while by no means an absolute shield to enforcement actions under the False Claims Act (FCA)[1...
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Balancing Patient Care With Whistleblower Liability Concerns
Editor: What do you credit for the recent uptick in whistleblower cases relating to the healthcare sector? Kierkut: I believe that there are two major reasons for the uptick. The first is that there is a big increase in the number of hospitals merging in the healthcare industry and that has...
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Wage And Hour Class Actions In The Healthcare Industry: Legal Challenges And E-Discovery Solutions
Editor: Why are wage and hour class actions so prevalent? Spinola: The FLSA was enacted in 1938, but there wasn’t much litigation until about 15 years ago, after which the number of class action cases just exploded. In fact, 91 percent of today’s labor and employment class action...
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