Compliance News
By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Tuesday, July 02, 2024.
As the risk of human trafficking and modern slavery rises on the radar, compliance teams need to start their risk assessment by looking at the map, says Sam Logan, CEO and founder of Evidencity. The number of jurisdictions with laws in this area are increasing.
By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, July 01, 2024.
Settlement with Heritage Valley Health System marks OCR's third ransomware settlement as the agency sees 264% increase in large ransomware breaches since 2018.
By U.S. Department of Justice on Monday, July 01, 2024.
Guardian Health Care Inc., Gem City Home Care LLC and Care Connection of Cincinnati LLC, home health agencies operating in Texas, Ohio and Indiana, along with their owner Evolution Health LLC (together, the Companies), have agreed to pay $4,496,330 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly providing illegal kickbacks to assisted living facilities and physicians in exchange for Medicare referrals.
By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General on Monday, July 01, 2024.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Yelovich, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud federal health care benefit programs including Medicare and Medicaid.
By U.S. Department of Justice on Monday, July 01, 2024.
Three former executives of Outcome Health (Outcome), a Chicago-based health technology start-up company, were sentenced for their roles in a fraud scheme that targeted the company's clients, lenders, and investors and involved approximately $1 billion in fraudulently obtained funds.
By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
The annual Navex Whistleblowing, Incident Management and Benchmarking Report provides valuable insights into what's going on across the corporate compliance landscape. To get the highlights we spoke with Carrie Penman, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer for Navex.
By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
Risk assessment and management is at the core of compliance and front and center on the agenda at the SCCE 23rd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute, which takes place September 22-25 in Grapevine, TX (and virtually, too). Elizabeth Simon, Vice President of Compliance & Risk at Progress Residential will be contributing to the discussion with her session, "Enter at Your Own Risk: Optimizing Your Enterprise Risk Assessment".