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April 2, 2021
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Administration Looks to Ramp up COVID-19 Vaccinations Further with Potential Surge Ahead

Top Ten 2021: Massive Expansion in Telehealth Ushered in by the COVID-19 Pandemic Podcast

Current Topics

Antitrust

FTC Challenges Illumina’s Proposed Acquisition of Grail, Says Deal Will Dampen Innovation

U.S. Court in Oregon Says Decision to Curtail Shared On-Call Coverage Wasn’t an Antitrust Violation

Coronavirus Pandemic Hub

FDA Revises Moderna Vaccine EUA to Boost Available Doses

Fraud and Compliance

Former Owners of Defunct Drug Testing Lab Reach Multi-Million Settlement to Resolve Kickback Allegations

Israeli National Sentenced to 30 Months for Unlicensed Wholesale Distribution of Prescription Drugs and Jumping Bail

Lab Network Operator Pleads Guilty to Role in $4.6 Million Genetic Testing Kickback Scheme

Owner of Wound Care Supplier Draws 15-Year Prison Term for Medicare Fraud

State Lawmakers Facing More Charges for Alleged COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

U.S. Court in New Jersey Dismisses Retaliatory Discharge Claim Against Nursing Home

Government Reimbursement

OIG Says Medicaid Managed Care Payment Data in National Repository Fall Short

U.S. Court in D.C. Nixes Challenge to Medicare Clinical Lab Payment Regulation as Moot

Health Information

FCC Sets Application Procedures for $250 Million in Telehealth Program Funding

New Jersey Plastic Surgery Practice Reaches $30,000 HIPAA Right of Access Settlement

Health Policy and Administration

CMS Lifts Suspension of Recertification, Non-Immediate Jeopardy Hospital Surveys

HHS Says American Rescue Plan Will Reduce Health Care Costs, Expand Access to Insurance Coverage

Life Sciences

GAO: Federal Support for COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir Did Not Result in Federal Patent Rights

Patient Care Liability and Litigation

Second Circuit Revives Disability Discrimination Claim Against Hospital
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