The Kickback and Transparency Laws

The goal of this session is to understand the basics of the various healthcare fraud & abuse laws and why these form the basis of life sciences companies’ compliance programs 

Topics Covered:

• The Laws: the Anti-Kickback Statute; Stark Law; False Claims Act; Travel Act; EKRA; Beneficiary Inducement Law; state all-payor laws; federal & state transparency requirements (Sunshine Act, state marketing laws, customer & payor requirements, CMS, and recent enforcement actions); drug pricing laws (high level)
• The Players: key agencies (OIG, DOJ, CMS, States)
• Lessons from settlement agreements, Advisory Opinions, and Fraud Alerts
• Specific substantive areas, such as patient assistance, HCP interactions, and more

Speakers: Goodwin Partner Roger Cohen, BRG Director Alyson Wooten and Goodwin Associate Heath Ingram

1.5 Hours of CLE Credit pending for CA, NJ, NY, PA, IL and TX