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February 1, 2019
Health Law Weekly

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Aetna Agrees to Settlement of California Privacy Breach Claims

Bipartisan Measure Would Extend Community Health Center Funding for Five Years

CMS Looks to Expand Benefits Medicare Advantage Plans Can Offer to Chronically Ill

Fourth Circuit Holds FTCA’s Statute of Limitations Doesn’t Accrue Until Permanence of Injury Known

Grassley Wants Answers from HHS on Potential Clinical Lab Overpayments

HHS Readying Proposed Rules on Stark, Anti-Kickback Statute Regulatory Reforms

Higher Claims Costs, Federal and State Policies Drove up ACA Exchange Premiums, GAO Says

Kansas Governor Moves to Expand State’s Medicaid Program

Medicare as a Secondary Payer: Compliance Issues

Mississippi Supreme Court Rejects Loss-of-Chance Claim for Failure to Timely Administer Stroke Medication

Nursing Home, Orthopedic Surgeon to Pay $1.5 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

OIG Approves Drug Maker’s Request to Loan Smartphones to Patients for Digital Medicine Use

Pathology Lab to Pay $63.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Improper Financial Relationships with Physicians

Physician Who Prescribed Pain Meds Without Physical Exams Sentenced to Six Months for Health Care Fraud

Proposed Rule Eliminates Safe Harbor Protection for Drug Rebates

Senate Finance, House Oversight Hold Hearings on Drug Prices

Texas Physicians Sentenced to Prison for Medicare Fraud Schemes Involving Home Health Services

U.S. Court in Minnesota Says Federal Law Preempts Claims Against Medical Device Maker
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