The Trump administration recently announced the renewal of a new cross-agency collaboration between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the form of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group. The Working Group will be jointly led by Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) of the Commercial Litigation Branch Brenna Jenny, HHS Acting General Counsel Sean Keveney, and HHS Office of Inspector General Acting Chief Counsel Susan Edwards, and will include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices.

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On November 6, 2023, for the first time in 15 years, HHS OIG issued a new reference guide for the health care compliance community – the General Compliance Program Guidance, or GCPG. While the GCPG does not set new legal standards and largely reinforces existing guidance, it is a tremendous tool to help health care and life sciences companies advance their compliance efforts. Indeed, within its 91 pages, the GCPG provides the most comprehensive and user-friendly trove of health care compliance insights, tips, and guidance ever provided by the federal government.

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