The pandemic-compelled closures of hospitals and doctors' offices in 2020 to all but emergency cases spurred the use of telehealth and a shift in DOJ's focus to illegal Medicare and Medicaid claims. ( Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
The U.S. Department of Justice's efforts to enforce the False Claims Act in the health care industry have shifted from hospitals and brick-and-mortar medical practices to bogus reimbursement claims in telehealth, corporate lawyers said this week.
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Maydeen Merino
Maydeen Merino is a regulatory reporter, covering the DOJ, FTC, SEC and EPA. She can be reached at [email protected].
