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October 1, 2021
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Biden Administration Issues Rule Detailing Payment Dispute Resolution Process Under No Surprises Act

Two Years In: Lessons Learned from OCR’s Right of Access Initiative Enforcement

  • Valerie Breslin Montague, Nixon Peabody LLP

Current Topics

Antitrust

FTC Settles Antitrust Charges Against Alabama Dental Board

U.S. Court in Michigan Tosses Anesthesiologists’ Antitrust Action Against Insurer

Behavioral Health

SAMHSA Awards $825 Million to Community Mental Health Centers

Coronavirus Pandemic Hub

Medicare, Medicaid Will Cover COVID-19 Booster Shots, CMS Says

NIH Awards $36.3 Million for Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Research

U.S. Court in Kentucky Refuses to Block Hospital’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Workers

Fraud and Compliance

Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances, Agrees to Pay $4 Million

Federal Government Sues Tampa Pain Management Doctor for Alleged Role in Opioid Kickback Scheme

Former Insys Sales Rep Pleads Guilty to Role in Kickback Scheme

OB-GYN Pleads Guilty to $1.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

Physical Therapists, Acupuncturists Charged for Defrauding Medicare, Insurers

U.S. Court in Florida Boots FCA Case for Lack of Specificity and Public Disclosure Bar

Government Reimbursement

HHS Nixes Rule on Insulin, Epinephrine Pricing

Medicare Advantage Premiums to Decline in 2022, CMS Announces

Health Information

FCC Announces $41 Million in COVID-19 Telehealth Program Awards

OCR Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccination Disclosures and HIPAA

Health Policy and Administration

HHS Awards Nearly $1 Billion to Help Modernize Community Health Centers

Lisa Pino Named to Lead Office for Civil Rights

Life Sciences

Drug Distributors Reach $75 Million Settlement with Cherokee Nation to Resolve Opioid-Related Claims

Endo to Pay $7.5 Million to Louisiana to Settle Opioid Claims

Teva Inks $15 Million Opioid-Related Settlement with Louisiana

Patient Care Liability and Litigation

U.S. Court in North Carolina Rejects Challenge to ER Assignment of Benefit Forms

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