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June 11, 2021
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Conversations with AHLA Leaders Podcast: Cindy Reisz, President Elect

OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard on Protecting Health Care Workers from COVID-19

Current Topics

Coronavirus Pandemic Hub

Becerra Reminds Providers, Insurers Not to Charge for COVID-19 Vaccines and Tests

Becerra Says Guidance on Provider Relief Fund Coming Soon as Spending Deadline Looms

Federal Government Strikes $1.2 Billion Deal for Merck’s Antiviral

Medicare to Increase Payments for In-Home COVID-19 Vaccinations

Rural Health Clinics to See $424.7 Million in Funding for COVID-19 Testing, Mitigation

Dispute Resolution

Georgia Appeals Court Says Hospital That Re-Presented Arbitration Agreement to Patient Nixed Prior Agreement

U.S. Court in New Jersey Says Medical Groups Must Arbitrate Claims Against Insurer

Fraud and Compliance

Chiropractor to Pay $2.6 Million to Resolve Claims of Wrongful Billing

Connecticut Counselor Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Medicaid Fraud

Court Enjoins Toledo Pharmacy from Dispensing Certain Opioids

Physician Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Illegally Prescribing Opioids

Sixth Circuit Finds Pharmacist’s Whistleblower Action Against Walmart Falls Short

Government Reimbursement

Seventh Circuit Rejects Home Health Care Provider’s Challenge to Overpayment for Failing to Exhaust Administrative Remedies

Health Insurance

CMS Makes $80 Million Available for ACA Navigators

CMS Mulling Georgia’s Waiver to Exit Federal ACA Marketplace Platform

UnitedHealthcare Delays Policy on Emergency Room Coverage

Life Sciences

Biden Administration Announces New Steps to Shore Up Critical Supply Chains

Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review

Iowa High Court Dismisses Physician’s Defamation Claims for NPDB Report

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