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June 19, 2020
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

COVID-19 Liability for Long Term Care Providers Podcast

COVID-19 Updates and Developments (Week of June 15)

Supreme Court Rules Title VII Applies to LGBTQ Workers Raising Questions About Roll Back of Anti-discrimination Protections in Health Care

Current Topics

Fraud and Compliance

Florida Man Charged in $6 Million Kickback Scheme

Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA, Retaliation Claims

Nineteen Charged in $41 Million Opioid Scheme

Pharmacists Charged in $12.1 Million Fraud Scheme

U.S. Court in Florida Tosses Whistleblower Action Against Hospital Chain Alleging False Claims for EHR Incentive Payments

U.S. Court in Illinois Nixes FCA Action Alleging Safeway Inflated “Usual and Customary” Charges

Woman Sentenced to over Two Years in Prison for Medicaid Fraud

Government Reimbursement

CMS Issues Medicaid Proposal for Value-Based Deals with Drug Makers

MACPAC Calls for Better Care Integration for Dual-Eligible Population

MedPAC Says Medicare Must Continue Shift to Value-Based Payments But Models Need Improvement

Health Policy and Administration

HHS Awards $107.2 Million to Boost Health Care Workforce in Rural, Underserved Areas

Life Sciences

D.C. Circuit Rejects Administration’s Rule Requiring List Prices in Drug Ads

Patient Care Liability and Litigation

U.S. Court in New Hampshire Declines to Issue Order Allowing Hospitals to Immediately Transfer Involuntarily Admitted Patients

U.S. Court in Pennsylvania Says Corporate Negligence Liability May Apply to Physician Practices

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