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April 15, 2022
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

CMS Proposal Cuts Medicare Payments to SNFs in FY 2023; Seeks Input on Minimum Staffing

Conversations with AHLA Leaders: Carol Carden, Managing Principal of Valuation Services, PYA

FDA Approves COVID-19 Breathalyzer Test

Current Topics

Fraud and Compliance

Alabama Physician Charged with Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

Anesthesia Company, Owners Will Pay $7.2 million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

Conspirator Handed 10 Years in Prison for Unlawful Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

Convicted Owner, Administrator of Hospice Chain Facing Civil False Claims Action

DOJ Files FCA Action Against Physician Alleging Medically Unnecessary Subsys Prescriptions

DOJ Intervenes in FCA Action Against Methodist Hospitals for Alleged Kickback Violations

Hospital System Agrees to $22.7 Million Settlement of False Claims Allegations

OIG Approves Pharmaceutical Company’s Provision of Free Genetic Testing and Counseling Services to Patients Meeting Certain Criteria

Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud

Physician Partners of America to Pay $24.5 Million Fraud Settlement

Government Reimbursement

D.C. Circuit Rejects Critical Access Hospital’s Medicare Reimbursement Bid for Non-Emergency On-Call Specialists

U.S. Court in D.C. Sides with Urban Hospitals in Medicare Reimbursement Wage Index Dispute

Health Insurance

CMS Issues Revised No Surprises Act Guidance on Dispute Resolution Process

Health Policy and Administration

Biden Administration Moves to Ease Medical Debt Burden for Consumers

Life Sciences

FDA Issues Draft Guidance Aimed at Improving Diversity in Clinical Trials
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