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ACI False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement Conference

January 28, 2026
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BRG was a proud sponsor of the 2026 ACI False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement Conference.

Alex Oliphant took part in the “Medicare Advantage and the Anti-Kickback Statue: Healthcare Enforcement Priorities in the Here and Now” panel. He was joined by Erica Blachman Hitchings (Whistleblower Law Collaborative), Kevin Lamb (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP), John Kokkinen (UnitedHealth Group), and Julie Rapaport Schenker (American Hospital Association).

Topics of this session included:

  • Enforcing the AKS and applying the Ninth Circuit’s EKRA decision in compensation and marketing arrangements
  • Scrutinizing Medicare Advantage risk-adjustment, chart reviews, and broker incentive structures
  • Equipping insurers, payers, and providers with immediate compliance actions and governance checklists
  • Leveraging analytics to detect upcoding, outlier providers, and suspect risk scores in Medicare Advantage populations
  • Structuring value-based care and vendor relationships to minimize AKS and false certification exposure

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