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February 12, 2021
Health Law Weekly

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Avoiding Stark Law Risk in Your Facilities: Key Considerations for an Effective Real Estate Compliance Program

  • Lisa Davidson, JLL

Health Law After George Floyd Podcast, Part 1

Health Law After George Floyd Podcast, Part 2

Current Topics

Antitrust

FTC Temporarily Suspends Hart-Scott-Rodino Early Terminations

Coronavirus Pandemic Hub

Biden Touts Deal for Additional Vaccine Doses with Accelerated Delivery Timeline

FDA Authorizes Emergency Use of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for COVID-19

Fraud and Compliance

“Doctors on the Go” Owner Draws Nine-Year Prison Sentence for Opioid-Related Fraud, Kickback Scheme

Business Owner Ensnared in “Operation Brace Yourself” Takedown Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Agrees to $20 Million FCA Settlement

Compounding Pharmacy, Owner Plead Guilty to $14 Million Fraud, Kickback Scheme

Former Owner of Home Health Company Charged with Misappropriating Provider Relief Funds

Health Care Company, Lab Pay Nearly $850k to Resolve Allegations Involving Medically Unnecessary Drug Tests

Medical Professionals Sentenced for Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances, Medicare Fraud

Researcher Indicted for Obtaining Federal Grant Funding Without Disclosing Foreign Ties

Two Charged in $2.7 Million Genetic Testing Kickback Scheme

Government Reimbursement

Hospitals Ask Supreme Court to Review Rulings on 340B, OPPS Reimbursement Cuts

Ohio Appeals Court Halts Medicaid Recovery Efforts Based on Lack of Notice

U.S. Court in DC Rejects Hospitals’ Bid for Interest Following Two-Midnight Cut

U.S. Court in DC Says CMS Not Required to Disclose Provider Email Domains Under FOIA

Health Information

Health Systems Form New Company to Build Data Sharing Platform

Nevada Health System to Pay $75,000 to Settle HIPAA Right of Access Probe

Health Insurance

Biden Administration Says High Court Should Uphold ACA Reversing Previous DOJ Stance

CDC Reports Roughly 30.4 Million Uninsured in First Half of 2020

Coalition of Health Care Groups Calls for Expanding Affordable Coverage Under ACA

Special Enrollment Period for ACA Marketplace Coverage Begins February 15, CMS Says

Labor and Employment

Ninth Circuit Says Per Diems Improperly Excluded from Traveling Nurses’ Regular Rate of Pay for Overtime Purposes

Life Sciences

HHS Proposes to Delay Effective Date of Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Rule

Long Term Care

U.S. Court in Nebraska Refuses to Block Termination of Nursing Home from Medicare, Medicaid
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