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Doctors Beware -- FERA Results in Major Amendment to the False Claims Act |
October 8, 2009
Previously published on September 2009
On May 20, President Obama signed the Federal Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA"). This is a major amendment to the False Claims Act. Although FERA was primarily designed to focus on mortgage, banking and federal stimulus fraud, it also has significant impact for healthcare providers. Indeed, one of the main impacts of FERA is to overturn a recent Supreme Court decision which greatly reduced the scope of the False Claims Act. Section 4 of FERA is of major importance for healthcare providers and managed care plans and all Medicaid providers. This section, called "Clarifications to the False Claims Act to Reflect the Original Intent of the Law" has the following significant provisions.
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