The Federal False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute: Healthcare Organizations Are at Risk

Why Should You Attend:

The webinar will begin with a review of the Federal False Claims Act and discuss how it works and how it is being used to fight health care fraud. It will discuss how the various health care fraud task forces use the Federal False Claims Act and its whistleblower provisions to identify and prosecute health care fraud. The webinar will take the Federal False Claims Act apart and show step by step how an action is filed, how the government responds and how the courts interpret various elements of the Act. It will discuss proof, damages under the Act and how the whistleblower is rewarded for bringing a successful case.

The session will also provide an overview of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and review what it prohibits, as well as a general review of the AKS available safe harbors. It will also show how violation of the AKS can raise FCA concerns, and it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact participants.

Finally, the course will provide an in-depth review of the AKS, focusing on what is prohibited under the Act and what the exceptions are. It will also review the case law, particularly the early case law that sets the stage and basis for how the courts interpret the law.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Federal False Claims Act - what it is and how it works
• How the FCA is being used as an enforcement tool by the federal enforcement authorities
• Federal civil Anti-Kickback Statute
• Safe harbors providing protection under the AKS
• Enforcement activities involving the AKS
• Recommendations to mitigate violations of the AKS

Who Will Benefit:

• Hospital executives, particularly CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CNOs, and CMOs
• Nursing home executives
• Physicians
• Physician practice managers
• Other healthcare provider executives

Instructor Profile:

William Mack Copeland, MS, JD, PhD, LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Mr. Copeland is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and is a life fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives. He was awarded the American College of Health Care Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award in 2007.

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