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January 18, 2019

Health Law Weekly

Current Topics

Compliance

Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018: A Long Sought-After Tool Is Realized

Other News

CMS Exchange Payment Proposal Would Lower User Fees, Increase Cost Sharing

CMS Rolls out Two-Sided Risk Model for Medicare Part D Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices

Courts Block Rules Rolling Back Contraceptive Mandate

CVS Investing $100 Million in Community Health and Wellness Programs

First Circuit Revives FCA Retaliation Action Alleging Anti-Kickback Violation

Florida High Court Strikes Lien Statute for Public Hospital

GAO: More Work on Patient Record Matching Needed for Interoperability

House Committee Opens Drug Pricing Investigation

Lawmakers Press Federal Regulators to Scrutinize Bristol-Myers Squibb-Celgene Deal

Legal Challenge to Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement Continues

OCR Finds California Violated Federal Conscience Protection Laws

OIG Blesses Pediatric Clinic’s Cost-Sharing Waivers

ONC Releases Revised Interoperability Standards

Teva Agrees to $135 Million Settlement of Drug Pricing Lawsuit

U.S. Court in NY Tosses Constitutional Challenge to State Medicaid Overpayment Collections Process

U.S. Court in Pennsylvania Boots Claims That HIPAA Violation Pretext for Retaliatory Firing

U.S. Court in South Carolina Narrows FCA Allegations Against Lab, But Allows Conspiracy Claim

Walgreens, Microsoft Partner on New Health Care Delivery Models

Walmart, CVS Patch up Reimbursement Dispute
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Health Law Weekly Issue - January 18, 2019