Earlier this week, the DOJ announced its 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which according to the DOJ, represents “a new era in federal, state, and international cooperation to combat health care fraud,” with the greatest number of federal districts, US states and territories, and
The federal government has dramatically escalated its anti-fraud enforcement posture, imposing back-to-back nationwide enrollment freezes across three major provider categories in a span of less than three months. The latest action, a pair of six-month moratoria on new hospice and home health agency (HHA) enrollments,
After 35 years practicing healthcare law, I found myself asking a question I hadn’t expected: What else?? My kids had grown and left the house. I had just moved to a new town. The chapter I had known for decades felt like it was quietly
Purdue Pharma has been sentenced to pay over $5 billion for its role in the opioid epidemic. It is a landmark moment. It is also, for hundreds of thousands of families, nowhere near enough. On April 28, 2026, a federal court in Newark, New Jersey
On March 10, 2026, the Department of Justice released the first-ever Department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) for criminal matters, which is designed to promote uniformity, predictability, and fairness in how it pursues white-collar cases. The CEP supersedes all existing enforcement policies at
Ethics are often discussed as if they’re abstract; something you learn for the bar exam or reference in a professional code of conduct. In reality, ethics show up in very concrete, very human ways and in law, they aren’t theoretical. Doing the right thing can
On Jan 16, 2026, the DOJ released its annual report on False Claims Act (FCA) Settlements and Judgments for FY 2025 (the fiscal year ending September 2025). Perhaps not surprisingly, health care fraud remained the leading source of FCAt settlements and judgments representing over $5.7
It probably comes as no surprise that there are a number of AI issues to watch in health care in 2026 on both the federal and state level. One of the biggest issues likely to play out this year is the Trump Administration’s desire to
Clinical laboratories have remained a consistent focus of government enforcement in recent years, and the latest settlements show that this scrutiny is far from slowing down. In a November 24, 2025 press release, the Department of Justice announced that an Indiana laboratory agreed to pay
As the Holiday season kicks into full gear, I find myself reflecting on how deeply intertwined my journey as a mother and my journey as a lawyer have always been– and how grateful I am for being able to be both a Mom and a