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August 21, 2020

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

COVID-19 Updates and Developments (Week of August 17)

Law as a Social Determinant of Health and the Pursuit of Health Justice

Racial Disparities in Health Care

The Future of American Medicine: The New Business of Health Care in a Post-COVID Era

Current Topics

Fraud and Compliance

Dentist Handed Year in Prison for Medicaid Fraud

DOJ Sues Teva Alleging Co-Pay Kickback Scheme, Settles with Specialty Pharmacy for $3.5 Million

New York Hospice Provider to Pay $5.2 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations

Physician Sentenced to 20 Years for Illegal Opioid Distribution

Government Reimbursement

Florida Appeals Court Affirms State Agency’s Medicaid Managed Care Contract Award

Health Information

First Circuit Affirms Physician’s Criminal Conviction for Wrongful Disclosure of Patient Health Information

Health Insurance

Government on the Hook for Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsidies, Federal Circuit Rules

Supreme Court Sets November 10 for Oral Arguments in ACA Challenge

Health Policy and Administration

HHS Adds Social Determinants of Health to Its Ten-Year Plan

Report Assesses U.S. Policy Response to COVID-19

U.S. Court in New York Blocks HHS Final Rule Rolling Back LGBTQ Protections

Life Sciences

FDA Will Not Require Premarket Review of Lab-Developed Tests Without Rulemaking, HHS Says

OIG Finds Opioid Use in Part D Continues to Dwindle, But Could Rise in 2020 with COVID-19

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Health Law Weekly Issue - August 21, 2020