Civil Law

APRA publishes 2025-26 Corporate Plan

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its 2025-26 Corporate Plan, which details APRA’s objectives and activities for the period 2025 to 2029. The Plan outlines APRA’s role in protecting the financial interests of Australians by promoting the safety and stability of the financial system.

A few of APRA’s top strategic priorities in the plan have been extracted by way of summary:

  1. Strengthening cyber resilience across APRA’s regulated industries given the recent escalation of attacks. In 2025–26,
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Civil Law

OIG Publishes Special Fraud Alert on Medicare Advantage Marketing Arrangements

On December 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a Special Fraud Alert warning against suspect payment arrangements involving the Medicare Advantage (“MA”) program which could implicate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), the False Claims Act (“FCA”), and other health care fraud and abuse laws. These suspect payment schemes can improperly steer Medicare enrollees to specific MA plans or health care providers based upon financial incentives rather than the enrollees’ needs.

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