Federal Criminal Defense Blog

Hospice providers face increasing federal scrutiny as the Department of Justice (DOJ), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) intensify efforts to identify Medicare fraud, improper billing, and unlawful referral arrangements. For hospice owners, administrators, medical directors, and healthcare professionals, the consequences of…

Federal prosecutors charge 15 defendants, including six medical professionals, in sweeping healthcare fraud enforcement action. The Department of Justice announced on October 22, 2026, that federal prosecutors in Los Angeles charged 15 defendants, including six medical professionals, in a sweeping healthcare fraud takedown involving approximately $2 billion in allegedly fraudulent healthcare claims. The cases involve…

On October 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (NFED) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) announced a new joint policy governing voluntary self-disclosure of potential criminal healthcare misconduct. The policy represents an important change in how healthcare companies may report suspected criminal violations…

A failed business deal is not necessarily fraud. A broken promise is not automatically a federal crime. And losing an investor’s money does not, by itself, mean someone committed wire fraud. Yet business disagreements that begin as civil disputes can sometimes escalate into federal criminal investigations, exposing business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and other professionals to…

Receiving a federal grand jury subpoena can be alarming. The subpoena may order you to appear before a federal grand jury, produce documents and electronic records, or both. It may also be the first indication that you, your business, or someone associated with you is involved in a federal criminal investigation. The most important thing…

False Claims Act attorney Georgia: The Eleventh Circuit has issued the highly anticipated decision we discussed in our June 2026 article concerning the constitutionality of the False Claims Act’s whistleblower provisions. And, at least for now, the False Claims Act’s qui tam system survives. On September 1, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

Criminal charges do not automatically mean a Georgia doctor will lose their medical license. But physicians should not assume that the Medical Board will simply wait for the criminal case to end. A physician facing criminal allegations may find themselves dealing with two separate proceedings: The criminal case AND a Georgia Composite Medical Board matter.…

For a physician, an arrest or criminal investigation can threaten much more than freedom. Contact us – your Georgia physician criminal defense lawyer. A doctor facing criminal allegations may also have to worry about hospital privileges, DEA registration, employment, credentialing, Medicare and Medicaid participation, the National Practitioner Data Bank, malpractice insurance, and professional reputation, among…

Experienced Atlanta federal health care fraud attorneys keep track of all of the recent cases in the Northern District of Georgia. This past week, the Department of Justice announced a press release stating they filed a major False Claims Act lawsuit against two former executives of an Atlanta-based clinical laboratory, alleging that they caused Medicare…

The federal government’s approach to cryptocurrency has changed significantly with the passage of the GENIUS Act, a federal law establishing a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins in the United States. For cryptocurrency companies, investors, executives, and individuals who use digital assets, the new law is about more than financial regulation. Increased regulation can also mean…