Posts Tagged ‘false claims act’
False Claims Act and Cybersecurity, Part II
Earlier this week we reviewed the case of a medical device company fined nearly $10 million under the False Claims Act for poor cybersecurity practices. Now let’s look at another example of the issue, because we have a second recent False Claims Act enforcement action for poor cybersecurity that had considerably different circumstances and outcome.…
Read MoreWhen False Claims Act and Cybersecurity Collide
Today we return to enforcement of the False Claims Act, and a case from last week where the Justice Department fined a medical device maker $9.8 million for failing to meet promised cybersecurity standards. Cybersecurity risk and increased enforcement of the False Claims Act are sizzling issues for compliance in the Trump 2.0 era, so…
Read MoreNew Healthcare Fraud Crackdown
Some red meat for all you compliance officers in the healthcare sector: the Trump Administration plans to increase its enforcement of the False Claims Act, courtesy of a new and improved task force run by the Justice Department and the Department of Health & Human Services. The two departments announced the task force on July…
Read MoreNext: New False Claims Act Guidance
Another day, another piece of guidance from the Justice Department about corporate compliance programs — this time, explaining how companies might win cooperation credit when facing violations of the False Claims Act. The Civil Division of the Justice Department posted the guidance Tuesday afternoon. The the material hews closely to what the Criminal Division has…
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