AHLA - Health Law Weekly Issue - July 31, 2026

July 31, 2026

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

U.S. Court in Massachusetts Declines to Pause Administration’s Rule on Medicaid Work Requirements

Nursing Homes to See 2.4% Payment Boost Under FY 2027 Final Rule

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Fraud and Compliance

Clinical Lab Agrees to $6.5 Million Settlement of COVID Test Billing Scheme Allegations

DOJ Declines to Prosecute Eye Care Group Under Corporate Enforcement Policy, but Indicts CEO for Alleged Fraud and Kickbacks

Drug Treatment Center Operator Agrees to $16 Million Settlement of Medicaid Fraud Claims

Government Reimbursement

Hospices to See $755 Million Payment Bump, New Transparency Measures Under Final Rule

CMS to End Subsidies for Standalone Medicare Part D Plans

CMS Proposes 2.3% Payment Bump for IRFs in FY 2027

CMS Finalizes 2.3% Payment Increase for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities

Health Information

FTC Sues Hims & Hers for Allegedly Misleading Consumers About Privacy, Billing

Health Insurance

U.S. Court in California Rejects ERISA Challenge to California Law Imposing Fiduciary Duties on PBMs

Labor and Employment

Seventh Circuit Tosses Neurosurgeon’s Age Discrimination Lawsuit Against Medical Group

Life Sciences

U.S. Court in Virginia Says FDA Must Reconsider Mifepristone Restrictions

U.S. Court in Maine Tosses AstraZeneca’s Challenge to Maine Law Protecting Use of Contract Pharmacies for 340B Drugs

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