Health Law Blog

 Yesterday marked the six-month anniversary of the new federal health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  Under Section 6401, PPACA requires health care providers to develop and implement a formal health care compliance program as a condition of enrollment in federal health care programs. 

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) dramatically expands the scope of exposure for health care providers under the False Claims Act (FCA), intensifying providers’ need for heightened compliance.

Voluntary compliance programs are a thing of the past.  On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law HR 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  Section 6401 of PPACA states, “…a provider of medical or other items or services or supplier within a particular industry, sector or category shall, as a condition of enrollment in the program under this Title…establish a compliance program…[t]he Secretary, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, shall establish core elements for a compliance program…”