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    Health eSource August 2017

    Vol. 13 No. 12  

    Health

    Parting Words…

    C. Joyce Hall, Watkins & Eager PLLC, Jackson, MS

    Of all of the Chair’s Columns I have written, this one is by far the hardest. I am speechless and words fail when it comes to trying to express my gratitude to the Staff, Officers, Council, Leaders and countless volunteers in the Health Law Section.

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    Taking Advantage: The DOJ Intervenes in its First Two FCA Whistleblower Actions Against a Medicare Advantage Plan

    Samuel M. Shapiro, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Washington, DC

    In May 2017, the Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened in two whistleblower suits brought against UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (UnitedHealth), alleging that UnitedHealth violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to pay artificially-inflated amounts in connection with the Medicare Advantage Program.