Bloomberg Law
Tips for Responding to a DOJ Inquiry Into Pandemic Billing
March 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services extended significant billing flexibility to providers during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and law enforcement can be expected to closely examine how providers have exercised those more relaxed rules. The article offers tips for the in-house legal and compliance functions of healthcare providers as to how they can best position their organizations for successfully engaging with DOJ and state attorneys general on False Claims Act investigations relating to the use of pandemic billing flexibilities.
Contacts
Related Resources
Related Blogs
Capabilities
Suggested News & Insights
BIOSECURE Act Included in the FY2026 National Defense Authorization ActDecember 12, 2025U.S. Drug Pricing Year in Review: Reflections on 2025 and Getting Ready for 2026December 11, 2025What the U.S.–UK Drug Pricing Agreement Reveals About How MFN Drug Policy Could Impact the UK and EUDecember 10, 2025Sidley Represents Lumexa Imaging in US$462.5 Million Initial Public OfferingDecember 10, 2025First Circuit Clarifies Application of Medicare’s “Reasonable and Necessary” Standard in FCA Cases Against Clinical LabsDecember 8, 2025Medicare Payment Policy Final Rule for Outpatient Setting Addresses Radiopharmaceuticals, Skin Substitutes, and 340B Program Key TopicsDecember 2, 2025
- Stay Up To DateSubscribe to Sidley Publications
- Follow Sidley on Social MediaSocial Media Directory