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Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to release its “2016 Litigation & Regulatory Forecasts: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year.” The reports examine the trends and developments that will impact health care companies and other corporations in the coming year—from the last year of the Obama administration to how corporate litigation strategy is transforming from the inside out. This year will bring remarkable change for companies, as market disruptions and the speed of innovation transform industries like never before, and the litigation and regulatory environments in which they operate are keeping pace.Continue Reading Crowell & Moring’s 2016 Litigation & Regulatory Forecasts: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year

Every year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report the results of their fraud prevention and recovery efforts to Congress.  As recounted in the recently released Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) report, the overall amount recovered in FY 2014 was $1 billion less than what the agencies reported in 2013 ($4.3 billion).  Nevertheless, the report touted the $2 increase in the return on investment from DOJ and OIG’s fraud and abuse investigations overall (from $5.70 to $7.70).  The HCFAC report shows that, despite losing $62.1 million in funding beginning in FY 2013 due to sequestration, both DOJ’s and OIG’s antifraud work remains potent  and is growing more sophisticated.

Here is an overall comparison of the FY 2014 and FY 2013 reports:

DOJ Activities FY 2013 FY 2014
New Criminal Investigations 1,013 924
New Civil Investigations 1,083 782
Health Care Fraud Convictions 718 734
Total Allocation $573,667,581 $571,702,217
OIG Activities FY 2013 FY 2014
New Criminal Actions 849 924
New Civil Actions 458 529
Individuals Excluded from Federal Health Care Programs 3,214 4,017
Total Allocation $487,381,848 $485,824,633

Continue Reading FY 2014 HCFAC Report Shows Increasing DOJ and OIG Fraud-Fighting Efficiency

On September 2, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a Final Rule specifying enrollment notice requirements and re-enrollment options for plans offered through the Exchange in 2015. Regarding notice requirements, the Final Rule states that consumers in the Exchange will receive notices from the marketplace before open enrollment begins that explain…