September 20, 2024
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Eighth Circuit Tosses FCA Claims Against Broker, Insurers Alleging MA Marketing Schemes

FTC Sues Three Largest PBMs Alleging Rebating System Inflated Insulin Prices

Site-Neutral Payment Policy Considerations in Health Care Transactions

Health Care Corporate Governance: Implications of Corporate Officerships

Current Topics

Antitrust

Express Scripts Sues FTC for Retraction of “False and Misleading” PBM Report

Behavioral Health

HRSA Awards $240 Million to Health Centers for Expanding Mental Health Services

Fraud and Compliance

U.S. Court in Pennsylvania Says Hospital Must Face Claims It Improperly Obtained State Uninsured Patient Funds

OIG Revises Performance Standards for Assessing MFCU Effectiveness

Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Opioid Distribution

Health Insurer to Pay $7.6 Million for Using Excluded Medicaid Provider

Youth Counseling Center Managers Draw Prison Terms for $2.5 Million Medicaid Fraud

Walgreens Agrees to Pay $106.8 Million to Resolve Claims of Billing for Prescriptions That Were Never Picked Up

California Home Health Operators Indicted for Alleged $60 Million Medi-Cal Fraud

Addiction Treatment Facility Owner Convicted in Kickback Scheme

Oak Street Health to Pay $60 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

Licensed Professional Counselor Indicted in $2 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

Louisiana Physician Indicted for Alleged Role in $32.7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Hospital Agrees to Pay $12.7M to Resolve Alleged Anti-Kickback Statute Violations

Anesthesiologist Pleads Guilty to Controlled Substance Violation

Medical Device Distributor to Pay More Than $1 Million for Alleged Improper Billing of Acupuncture Devices

U.S. Court in West Virginia Orders Supplemental Briefings on Loper Bright's Impact in FCA Action Alleging Stark Violation

Government Reimbursement

HRSA Warns J&J About “Unapproved” Rebate Model for 340B Drug Discounts

Health Information

House Panel Votes to Extend Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities for Two Years

Health Insurance

U.S. Court in New Jersey Rejects Out-of-Network Hospitals’ ERISA Action Against Cigna for Alleged $100 Million in Underpayments

U.S. Court in Utah Says UnitedHealthcare Failed to Sufficiently Explain Claims Denial as Unproven Wildness Therapy

Reproductive Health Law Hub

Fifth Circuit Remands Abortion Pill Challenge to District Court
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