DOJ and HHS-OIG Ramp Up COVID-Related Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Activity
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/21
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has prioritized identifying and prosecuting COVID-related fraudulent conduct, including healthcare fraud. Most of the DOJ’s enforcement activity to date has focused on criminal prosecutions relating to the Paycheck Protection Program, Economic Injury Disaster Loans and unemployment insurance benefit claims. There has been relatively limited enforcement activity in specific to the healthcare arena—until now. A series of...
By: McDermott Will & Emery