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July 12, 2024

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Chevron Is Gone. What Does It Mean for Health Care Enforcement?

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo: How the End of Chevron Deference Will Impact Health Care

Recent E/M Changes and Highlights from the 2024 MPFS Final Rule

Spending Clause Powers at Risk: How Judicial Review of EMTALA and Idaho’s Abortion Ban in Moyle v. United States May Further Limit the Regulatory State

The Supreme Court Struck Down the SEC’s Administrative Litigation Process; Is Medicare’s Next?

Current Topics

Antitrust

U.S. Court in Texas Pauses FTC Rule Banning Worker Noncompete Agreements

Fraud and Compliance

Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to $14.9 Million Health Care Fraud and Kickback Scheme

Dermatology Practice, Physician, and CEO Agree to Pay $1.6 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations

Home Health Providers Agree to $4.5 Million Settlement of Kickback Allegations

Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges

Physician, Staffers Indicted on Fraud, Controlled Substance Charges

Rite Aid, Subsidiaries Agree to Pay $101 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inaccurate Rebate Reporting, Improper Opioid Dispensing

Government Reimbursement

Physician Fee Schedule Proposal Includes Medicare Rate Cut for 2025

CMS Proposes Removing Suspect DME Spending from Medicare Shared Savings Program Financials

Medicare Payments for Hospital Outpatient Services to Increase Proposed 2.6% in 2025

U.S. Court in DC Rejects Indiana Medicaid Coverage Restrictions

U.S. Court in Texas Pauses Agent, Broker Compensation Rules for Medicare Plan Marketing

Health Care Finance and Transactions

Lilly to Acquire Bowel Disease Drug Maker Morphic for $3.2 Billion

Health Information

Emergency Room Doctor Pleads Guilty to HIPAA Violation

Health System to Pay $950,000 Settlement over Ransomware Data Breach

Ninth Circuit Holds Data Privacy Actions over Online Tracking Technologies Belong in State Court

ONC Proposes Certification Criteria for Public Health Entities, Payers to Further Data Exchange

Health Insurance

Eighth Circuit Tosses ERISA Action Against UnitedHealth Group over “Cross-Plan Offsetting”

Health Policy and Administration

Administration Posts Spring Regulatory Agenda

Courts Block HHS Section 1557 Final Rule on Gender Identity Protections in Health Care, Lawsuits Mount

Labor and Employment

Eighth Circuit Allows Physical Therapist’s Religious Discrimination Claim over COVID Vaccine Restrictions

Life Sciences

FDA Approves Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Drug

PBMs Inflate Drug Costs, “Squeeze” Independent Pharmacies, FTC Says

U.S. Court in Mississippi Won’t Block State Law Protecting Use of Contract Pharmacies for 340B Drugs

Reproductive Health Law Hub

Iowa Supreme Court Rejects Temporary Injunction of Six-Week Abortion Ban

Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Near-Ban on Common Abortion Procedure, Licensure Requirements

Tax and Nonprofit

IRS Finalizes Regulations on Medicare Drug Negotiation Excise Tax Reporting

Current Issue

Health Law Weekly Issue - July 12, 2024