With statistical sampling, counsel can simplify damage analyses, avoid potential issues with incomplete or missing data, and minimize the risk of error. In our prior ...

In a September 28, 2018 Change Request to Medicare’s Program Integrity Manual (“PIM”), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) updated its instructions to Medicare contractors regarding ...

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has strong feelings about the use of statistical sampling in False Claims Act (FCA) cases, as evidenced by an amicus brief filed this week in the government ...

A federal court may not weigh in on a case involving the controversial use of statistical sampling in Medicare false claims cases, according to recent legal arguments. A panel of judges with the U.S.

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The nation’s largest association for nursing home and other long-term care operators has publicly expressed its staunch disapproval of a federal prosecution method that takes only small slices of ...

here is very good news for CPAs whose clients face the often burdensome administrative costs of claiming allowable expense deductions for meals and entertainment (M&E)—the IRS now will permit the use ...

Benjamin McCoy of Fox Rothschild, left, and Zac Arbitman of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, right. There is little dispute that the False Claims Act (FCA) is among the most potent weapons for fighting ...

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However, the use of statistical sampling in a much broader manner is far from universally accepted. In particular, whether sampling is permitted in the context of civil lawsuits under the False Claims ...