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August 2, 2019
Health Law Weekly

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Administration Opens the Door to Importing Cheaper Drugs

CMS Aims to Ease Physician Paperwork Burdens with CY 2020 Payment Proposal

CMS Finalizes 2.6% Bump in FY 2020 Medicare Payments to Hospices

CMS Greenlights Colorado, North Dakota ACA Waivers for Reinsurance Program

CMS Highlights New Medicaid Coverage Options for Infants, Pregnant Women Affected by Substance Use Disorders

CMS Looks to Spur Innovation with Medicare Payment Updates for DME, ESRD

CMS OPPS Proposed Rule Would Require Hospitals to Disclose Negotiated Rates

CMS Stands Firm on Rejecting Partial Medicaid Expansion Waiver Requests

D.C. Circuit Revives Challenge to Clinical Lab Payment Regulation

Eleventh Circuit Nixes Whistleblower Action Against HCA over Hospital Leases

Final Rule Boosts IRF Medicare Payments by $210 Million in FY 2020

Jury Finds Patient Recruiter Guilty in $1.3 Million Kickback Scheme

Medical Equipment Company Owners Draws over Ten Years in Jail for Fraud Scheme

Medicare Finalizes 1.5% Hike to Psychiatric Facility Payments in FY 2020

Medicare Part D Premiums Continue to Decline

Mylan, Pfizer Division Agree to Merge

New Medicare Pilot Program Connects Clinicians to Patients’ Health Information

Nursing Homes See Uptick in Medicare Reimbursement Under Final Rule

OIG Examines State Response to Opioid Epidemic

Pain Management Doctor Indicted for Smuggling Illegal Medical Devices into U.S.

U.S. Court in DC Blocks Medicaid Work Requirements in New Hampshire

U.S. Court in Texas Boots Payment Dispute for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
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