Daniel F. Gottlieb
Subscribe to Daniel F. Gottlieb's PostsDaniel F. Gottlieb counsels a wide range of health care industry clients, including health care providers, health plans, health information technology (IT) vendors and life sciences companies. He represents these entities on health IT acquisitions, privacy and data protection, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and other health care regulatory and transactional matters. Daniel is a co-leader of the Firm’s Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice. Read Daniel Gottlieb's full bio.
Questions Remain for the EHR Industry as a Second EHR Vendor, Greenway Health, Settles False Claims Act Allegations
By Daniel F. Gottlieb, James A. Cannatti III and Tony Maida on Feb 26, 2019
Posted In Anti-Kickback Statute / Stark Law, Corporate Integrity Agreements, Government investigation, Other Notable Enforcement Actions
DOJ announced on February 6, 2019, the Settlement Agreement resolving allegations in DOJ’s Complaint that Greenway caused its customers to submit false Medicare and Medicaid claims for payments under the EHR Incentive Programs in violation of the FCA and that it paid illegal kickbacks to current customers to recommend Greenway products (that are used to...
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False Claims Act Settlement with eClinicalWorks Raises Questions for Electronic Health Record Software Vendors
By Daniel F. Gottlieb, Joan Polacheck and Tony Maida on Jun 9, 2017
Posted In Anti-Kickback Statute / Stark Law, Corporate Integrity Agreements
On May 31, 2017, the US Department of Justice announced a Settlement Agreement under which eClinicalWorks, a vendor of electronic health record software, agreed to pay $155 million and enter into a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement to resolve allegations that it caused its customers to submit false claims for Medicare and Medicaid meaningful use payments...
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OIG Issues Alert About Information Blocking, Warning Providers Who Share Software
By Daniel F. Gottlieb on Oct 27, 2015
Posted In Uncategorized
Amid bipartisan concerns in Congress and multiple U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies about health “information blocking,” the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an alert reminding the health care industry that health information blocking can impact whether an arrangement satisfies the electronic health record (EHR) items and services safe...
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OIG Audits Begin for Meaningful Use Compliance
By Daniel F. Gottlieb on Apr 1, 2015
Posted In Uncategorized
The Office of Audit Services of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun a nationwide audit of a random sample of providers that have received incentive payments for achieving “meaningful use” under the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program from January 1, 2011 to...
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