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May 10, 2019

Health Law Weekly

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Administration Finalizes Rule Requiring Drug Ads to Include List Prices

Ambulance Company Owner Handed Five-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud

Arizona Appeals Court Allows Negligence Claims Against Costco for Disclosing Prescription Information

Bioscrip Agrees to $1 Million Settlement Involving Unauthorized Prescription Refills

Cardiologist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraudulent Billing

CMS Finalizes Tweaks to Medicare Appeals Rules

CMS Issues Draft Guidance on Hospital Co-Location

Decatur Hospital Authority to Pay More Than $430k to Resolve False Billing Claims

Diagnostic Imaging Company to Pay $3 Million for Data Breach Exposing 300,000 Patient Records

DME CEO Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud

DOJ Issues Guidance on Cooperation Credit

First Circuit Revives Massachusetts’ Challenge to Rules Rolling Back Contraceptive Mandate

Fourth Circuit Affirms $1.2 Million Fine for Nursing Home Quality of Care Noncompliance

Hospitals Score Another Win in Challenge to 340B Drug Reimbursement Cuts

House Appropriations Committee Clears Spending Bill Blocking Funding for Conscience Rule

House Clears Measures to Improve Accuracy, Transparency of Prescription Drug Databases

House Passes Bill Requiring Administration to Rescind Guidance on Expanding ACA Waivers

OIG Finds $34 Million in Medicaid Reimbursement for Non-FDA Approved Drugs

Ten Charged in $200 Million Prescription Drug Scheme

Universal Health Care Bill Introduced in House

Warren Introduces Measure with $100 Billion in Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis

West Virginia Drug Treatment Centers Agree to $17 Million Settlement of Medicaid Fraud Allegations

What the New DOJ Compliance Program Guidance Means to Health Systems and Their Boards

White House Urges Congress to Curb Surprise Medical Billing
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