Giving With One Hand and Taking Away with the Other: The Government and Health Care Reform
The government’s health care reform effort is replete with inconsistencies — on the one hand, the government has given industry some real and meaningful benefits, and on the other, the government has imposed additional burdens on the healthcare industry. Let me give just one example. The government amended the False Claims Act (FCA) to extend liability to identified overpayments which must be reported and repaid...