Paying for Health Care Reform: Government Enforcers Vigorously Seek Out Fraud, Abuse, and Waste

In the first session, Foley attorneys Robert D. Sevell, Lawrence W. Vernaglia, and Lawrence C. Conn discussed the government’s dramatically increased efforts to combat fraud, abuse, and waste as a means to help pay for health care reform.

Topics included:

• New enforcement tools under the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
  
• Important deadlines in 2010 imposed by PPACA
  
• Compliance strategies and actions providers and suppliers should take now to minimize enforcement risk and penalties