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February 18, 2022

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Enforcing Restrictive Covenants for Health Care Professionals

GC Roundtable: Children’s Hospitals During the Pandemic

Top Ten 2022: Securing the Supply Chain for Health Care Providers

Current Topics

Antitrust

FTC Moves to Block Rhode Island Hospital Merger

U.S. Court in California Modifies Injunction of California Law Banning Pay-for-Delay Drug Settlements

Fraud and Compliance

Florida Health Care System to Pay $5.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Impermissible Medicaid Donations

Florida Man Pleads Guilty in $35 Million Compounded Medication Kickback Scheme

OIG Says AKS Safe Harbor Applies to HHAs’ Proposal to Pay Salaries, Tuition Costs of Employed CNAs In-Training

Pennsylvania Man Charged with Defrauding Medicare, Improperly Receiving COVID-19 Financial Aid

Physician Pleads Guilty in Prescription Compounding Kickback Scheme

Reimbursement Consultant for Diabetic Testing Supplier Settles FCA Allegations over Kickback Scheme

Ten Individuals Indicted in Alleged $300 Million Kickback Scheme for Medically Unnecessary Lab Tests

Two Women Ordered to Pay Millions in Restitution for Medicare DME Fraud

Urology Practice to Pay $100,000 to Resolve Allegations of Unlawful Financial Relationship with Hospital

Government Reimbursement

Eleventh Circuit Says Medicare Part D Must Cover Off-Label Use of Anti-Nausea Drug

OIG Examines Medicare Payments of $6.6 Billion for Nonhospice Items and Services

Health Policy and Administration

HHS Awards Nearly $55 Million to Community Health Centers for Expanding Virtual Health Care

Sixth Circuit Rejects Home Health Care Applicant’s Challenge to Kentucky’s Certificate-of-Need Law

Life Sciences

Senate Confirms Califf as FDA Commissioner

U.S. Court in Delaware Strikes HHS' Violation Letter to AstraZeneca Citing 340B Noncompliance

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Health Law Weekly Issue - February 18, 2022