Department of Health and Human Services

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  Medicare/Medicaid fraud whistleblowers could earn nearly $10 million under proposed rule

  By Julie Beck  |  April 29, 2013

  A new rule announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday would increase whistleblower payouts for people who shed light on healthcare fraud.

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  More than half of in-house counsel say data security is their top legal concern

  By Michael Kozubek  |  December 21, 2012

  As more companies face cybercrime threats, law departments seek data protection tips

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  Feds charge 91 people in $430 million Medicare fraud

  By Alanna Byrne  |  October 5, 2012

  Dozens of medical professionals are probably feeling a bit ill after a government investigation allegedly turned up evidence of that they had bilked Medicare out of $430 million through false billing.

• Regulatory: The risks of neglecting privacy

  By Christopher Wolf  |  September 5, 2012

  Do you recall the words of the President in the State of the Union address on the need for a new set of standards to protect personal privacy?

• Technology: E-discovery under HIPAA and HITECH adds wrinkles to healthcare litigation

  By James Kunick, Michael Minea  |  August 24, 2012

  General counsel may have access to all kinds of information during the discovery phase of litigation.

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  GSK agrees to unprecedented settlement, corporate integrity agreement

  By Melissa Maleske  |  August 23, 2012

  $3 billion off-label marketing settlement is the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history

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  Technology: Uncertainty surrounding privacy and consent issues for biospecimens

  By Julie Rusczek  |  August 17, 2012

  In 2009, TIME Magazine named the National Cancer Institute’s effort to develop a national biobank housing tissue samples, tumor samples, DNA and blood one of the “Top 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now.”

• Technology: Should you ask your patients to consent to a Health Information Exchange?

  By James Kunick, Michael Minea  |  July 27, 2012

  The healthcare industry has seen the effects of the digital age in the advent of electronic health records (EHRs), which allow patient Protected Health Information (PHI) to be stored in a versatile, transferrable electronic format.

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  Technology: 7 significant changes under the impending PHS conflict of interest rule

  By Julie Rusczek  |  July 6, 2012

  In August 2011, the federal Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule that updates the regulations governing conflicts of interest in research supported by, or proposed to be supported by, the Public Health Service (PHS).

• Technology: Abbott’s $1.6 billion global settlement illustrates government’s commitment to health care fraud enforcement

  By Jesse Witten  |  June 22, 2012

  Last month, the government obtained one of the largest settlements ever in a health care fraud matter, as Abbott Laboratories agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle allegations that it unlawfully marketed its drug, Depakote.