AHLA - Health Law Weekly Issue - October 16, 2026

October 16, 2026

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

New Focus on Governance Oversight of Strategy Execution

New Developments in California’s Corporate Practice of Medicine Law Raises Compliance and Litigation Considerations for Payers and Providers Alike

Current Topics

Fraud and Compliance

U.S. Court in Ohio Tosses Whistleblower Action for Failing to Plead Underlying AKS, Stark Violations

Health Care Software Company Owner Gets 19 Years in Prison for $1 Billion Medicare Fraud

HHS Secretary Delegates Permissive Exclusion Authority to CMS

DOJ Directive Sets out Fraud Division’s Prosecutorial Methodology

Former Physician Sentenced to Prison for $1.9 Million Medicare Scheme

Money Launderer Pleads Guilty to $6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

CVS Agrees to Pay $315 Million to Settle Allegations It Improperly Filled Opioid Prescriptions

Chiropractor Handed 14 Years in Prison for Telemedicine Fraud Scheme

Health Company Owner Indicted on False Claims Allegations

Health Information

U.S. Court in Kentucky Holds Humana Must Face Federal Wiretap Claim in Tracking Technology Lawsuit

Ninth Circuit Cites Breach of Trust in Reviving Action Against Health Plan Administrator over Unauthorized Disclosures

Health Insurance

Group Sues to Block CMS Moratorium on Agent, Broker ACA Marketplace Registrations

CMS Extends Crackdown on ACA Duplicate, Deceased Enrollees

Life Sciences

FDA Launches Initiative to Rethink Regulatory Framework for Rare Disease Drugs

Hospital Groups Sue to Block Revised 340B Rebate Model Pilot

Tax and Nonprofit

IRS Proposes Regulations Limiting ACA Tax Credit Eligibility

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