On April 23, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). That guidance emphasized that, even [...]

Two weeks ago, I posted a blog about a recent False Claims Act (FCA) settlement at the intersection of healthcare and procurement fraud. In early March, I wrote about FCA and compliance issues [...]

By Donna McFarlin, Legal Administrator Our firm had long been preparing for an event that might disrupt our normal operations, but we never thought — or at least we hoped— that we would actually [...]

As of this posting, companies are eagerly awaiting promulgation of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) regulations. Pending those regulations, companies [...]

Often in a crisis, the natural instinct is to overthink, come up with a complex solution, or reinvent the wheel. The most effective crisis planning method, however, is the most tried and true [...]

While COVID-19 has most of us working remotely and searching for normalcy, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil fraud enforcement efforts continue unabated. On April 6, DOJ announced a $6.5 [...]

In March 2016, Tracy Powell, my colleague in SRVH’s Government Compliance & Investigations Practice, penned a blog on the emerging focus on individual liability in healthcare fraud cases. [...]

On Friday, March 27, 2020, the United States House of Representatives passed, and President Trump signed into law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), a $2 [...]

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act (Coronovirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) became law.  The Act provides nearly $2 trillion in stimulus in an attempt to get the country through the [...]

In light of Governor Lee’s Executive Order 17, which limits business activity and gatherings across Tennessee, as well as Nashville Mayor Cooper’s Safer At Home Order, companies statewide are [...]