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April 30, 2021
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Proposed Rule Includes $2.5 Billion Medicare Payment Bump for Hospitals in FY 2022

The Lighter Side of Health Law—April 2021

Top Ten 2021: Behavioral Health Outlook Podcast

Current Topics

Fraud and Compliance

Autism Services Provider Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

Eleventh Circuit Finds Failure to Identify Specific Claim to Government Fatal to FCA Action

Excluded Pharmacy Owner Indicted on Fraud Charges

Five People Charged and Two Plead Guilty in $93 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

Home Health, Hospice Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud

Indivior to Pay $300 Million Settlement to Resolve Improper Marketing Allegations

Man Admits Role in Home Health Fraud Scheme

Nurse Practitioners Plead Guilty to Roles in Massive Fraud Scheme

OIG Oks Physician Investment in Surgery Center

Physician Agrees to $300k Settlement of False Billing Allegations

Two Women Draw Prison Sentences for Medicaid Fraud Scheme

U.S. Court in Tennessee Agrees to Toss Whistleblower Action Against Nursing Home Chain

Government Reimbursement

CMS Finalizes Three-Year Extension of Payment Model for Joint Replacements

CMS Issues Interim Final Rule Changing Wage Comparison for Hospitals with Rural Redesignations

Health Insurance

CMS Issues ACA Exchange Final Rule for 2022

Health Policy and Administration

Biden Unveils American Family Plan

Life Sciences

HHS Moves to Expand Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Long Term Care

Second Circuit Revives Nursing Home Challenge to Survey Team Regulation

Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review

Tenth Circuit Finds Hospital Didn’t Discriminate in Female Physician Pay
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