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Humility as a Strategic Asset

By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Humility has nothing to do with meekness or weakness. And neither does it mean being submissive. Humility is an attitude of intellectual modesty that comes from not assuming you already know everything.

Justice Department Secures Over $3 Million Redlining Settlement Involving ESSA Bank & Trust in Philadelphia

By US Department of Justice, News on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

The Justice Department announced today that ESSA Bank & Trust (ESSA) has agreed to pay over $3 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia.

United States Files Civil Action to Collect Unpaid Civil Penalties and Reclamation Fee Debts

By US Department of Justice, News on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

The Department of Justice today announced the filing of a civil action against James C. Justice III and 13 coal companies he owns or operates seeking to collect unpaid civil penalties previously assessed by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), as well as Abandoned Mine Land (AML) reclamation fee and audit debts.

Former Wells Fargo Senior Executive Carrie Tolstedt Agrees to Settle SEC Fraud Charges for Misleading Investors About Abusive Sales Practices to Inflate a Key Performance Metric

By SEC Press Releases on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its settlement with the former head of Wells Fargo & Co.'s Community Bank, Carrie L. Tolstedt, in which she has agreed to pay a $3 million penalty stemming from charges brought in 2020 for her role in allegedly misleading investors about the success of the Community Bank, Wells Fargo's core business.

Jay Mumford on Metrics, Targets and Response Plans [Podcast]

By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

Jay Mumford is a long-time compliance veteran and Senior Global Compliance Manager at Bio-Rad Laboratories. There he developed an approach he calls MTR, which stands for Metrics, Targets and Response Plans. It's an approach, he explains, based on ideas from the quality movement.

Medicare Paid Millions More for Physician Services at Higher Nonfacility Rates Rather Than at Lower Facility Rates While Enrollees Were Inpatients of Facilities

By US Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

Medicare pays practitioners for physician services separately from the payments it makes to inpatient facilities, such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and hospitals. Practitioners report a two-digit place-of-service code on a Medicare claim line that generally reflects where the practitioner furnished the service. Medicare uses the place-of-service code to determine the payment to the practitioner.

Woodstock pain management doctor and clinics pay $625,000 to resolve false claims act allegations

By U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

James Ellner, M.D., and his Woodstock, Georgia pain management practice, Georgia Pain Management, P.C., and ambulatory surgical center, Samson Pain Center, P.C, agreed to pay $625,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting improper claims to the Medicare and TRICARE programs for evaluation and management services and medically unnecessary urine drug screening tests.

Gartner pays SEC $2.45 million to settle South Africa FCPA offenses

By The FCPA Blog on Friday, May 26, 2023.

American technology and consulting company Gartner, Inc. agreed Friday to pay the SEC $2.45 million to settle charges that it violated the FCPA by bribing officials at the South Africa Revenue Service.

Government FCPA investigation into Pfizer expands to Mexico

By The FCPA Blog on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

American pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer disclosed this month that the DOJ and SEC's investigation into possible FCPA violations has expanded to Mexico, the third county named so far.

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