Anti-Kickback Statute: Ensuring Compliance and Avoiding False Claims Act Violations

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Anti-Kickback Statute: Ensuring Compliance and Avoiding False Claims Act Violations
Presented Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Audio Conference Recording Price: $199.00

SUMMARY
The scope of the Anti-Kickback statute is very broad and the government is using the False Claims Act more often to prosecute offenders: Are your clients protected against potential government investigations? Join us for a 60-minute audio conference which will provide guidance on:

	How is the FCA being used to enforce Anti-Kickback violations?
	How the Anti-Kickback Statute differs from the Stark Law
	How to protect your clients from potential investigations and prosecutions
	How the statute is being enforced today

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Understanding the Anti-Kickback Statute

Key elements of Anti-Kickback Statute prohibitions, violations, and sanctions
Practical discussion of the policy objectives
Analysis of when the statute can be implicated
The latest safe harbor exceptions for E-Prescribing and E-Records

Principal elements of False Claims Act

Qui Tam: Whistle Blower Provisions and Their Effects
How is the FCA being used to enforce Anti-Kickback violations?
Fraud Detection and Prevention

How to protect your clients from kickback investigations

Analysis of when the statute can be implicated
Recent trends in government enforcement activity
“Red flags” to avoid

Question and Answer Session - Hear Real-World Questions Answered!

SPEAKER:

Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld focuses her practice on helping clients defend against federal investigations and litigations arising under the civil False Claims Act. Prior to joining Patton Boggs, she spent five years as a litigator in the Department of Justice (Fraud Section).

She was one of the government’s foremost experts on the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Laws and regulations and investigated and litigated numerous significant federal False Claims Act matters premised on alleged violations of these laws and regulations.
She regularly contributed her expertise to U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, and to the HHS Office of Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in relation to investigations, Advisory Opinions, and proposed regulations.
At the Department of Justice, Ms. Laemmle-Weidenfeld also focused heavily on fraud investigations and litigation against major pharmaceutical and medical device companies, particularly on matters involving allegations of payments of kickbacks to physicians and other referral and prescribing sources.

PROGRAM MATERIALS

The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.

PRICING

$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or audiotape) and program materials.

This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.