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July 11, 2025
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Blame It on the Bot: Health Care Fraud and Compliance in the Age of AI

  • Joshua Robbins, Buchalter
  • Daniel Pietragallo, Buchalter

Health Care Corporate Governance: Issues Related to Abstention and Recusal

HHS (Once Again) Ramps Up Enforcement of Religious Conscience Protections in Health Care

  • David O’Neal, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP
  • Drew Stevens, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP

Hurricane Helene: A Tale of Two Health Systems

Current Topics

Fraud and Compliance

U.S. Court in Arizona Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Whistleblower Action

Ambulance Company, Owners Agree to Settle Medicare, Medicaid Fraud Allegations

DME Company Owner Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme

DME Company Owner Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme

Drug Manufacturer May Provide Financial Assistance to Patients Traveling to Treatment Centers, OIG Says

First Circuit Declines to Revive Whistleblower Action Against Dialysis Provider Alleging Kickback Scheme

HHS, DOJ Announce Reinvigoration of FCA Working Group at AHLA Annual Meeting

Husband and Wife Hit with Lengthy Prison Terms for Pharmacy Fraud Schemes

OIG Allows Drug Maker to Pay for Lab Test That Determines Whether Patients Need Its Drug

OIG: Warranty Safe Harbor Protects Device Manufacturer’s Plan to Offer Compensation to Users for Needle Stick Injuries

Pain Clinic COO Handed Three Years in Prison

Proposal to Pay Vendor to Access Customer-Preferred Billing System Runs Afoul of Fraud and Abuse Laws, OIG Warns

Two Plead Guilty in Sham Hospice Conspiracy

U.S. Court in New York Orders CVS, Omnicare to Pay $949 Million in FCA Action

U.S. Court in Texas Won’t Order New Trial for Medical Practice Found Liable in FCA Action

Government Reimbursement

CMS Announces New Model to Test AI in Streamlining Care Authorizations

CMS Proposes $160 Million Bump in Medicare Payments for Dialysis Facilities in 2026

Home Health Agencies Facing $1.1 Billion Medicare Pay Cut in 2026 Under Proposed Rule

U.S. Court in DC Says J&J Needed Agency Approval for 340B Rebate Model

Health Information

Behavioral Health Provider Pays $225,000 over Potential HIPAA Violations for Security Lapses

Health Insurance

Supreme Court Vacates, Remands Decision Striking Health Plans’ Categorical Exclusions of Gender-Affirming Care as Unconstitutional

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Decision Striking Parts of Oklahoma PBM Law

Health Law Policy and Administration Hub

U.S. Court in DC Won’t Block DOGE Access to Sensitive Agency Data

Cities, Advocacy Groups Challenge ACA Marketplace Integrity Rule

HHS Limits Undocumented Immigrant Access to Certain Federal Benefit Programs

Medical, Public Health Groups Sue HHS Secretary over Changes to COVID Vaccine Recommendations

Supreme Court Stays Injunction Blocking Administration's Workforce Reductions

Twenty States Sue to Block HHS from Sharing Medicaid Data with Immigration Enforcement

U.S. Court in DC Orders Administration to Restore Certain Online Health Data

U.S. Court in Rhode Island Temporarily Enjoins Parts of HHS Restructuring

Labor and Employment

DOL Proposes Rescinding Rule That Nixed Overtime Exemption for Home Care Aides

Life Sciences

FDA Shelves Risk Evaluation and Mitigation for CAR T Immunotherapies

U.S. Court in Washington Sides with FDA in Challenge to Mifepristone Safety Restrictions

Reproductive Health Law Hub

Planned Parenthood Lawsuit Challenges Medicaid Funding Restriction in Reconciliation Bill

Wisconsin Supreme Court Nixes 1849 Law Criminalizing Most Abortions
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