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May 10, 2024

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

CMS Issues Impactful Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule

Health Care Corporate Governance: Board’s Oversight of the Corporate Legal Function

Latest Stark Law Trends and Developments

Current Topics

Antitrust

New DOJ Antitrust Division Task Force to Focus on Health Care Monopolies, Collusion

Fraud and Compliance

Baptist Health to Pay $1.5 Million to Resolve Self-Disclosed Improper Discounts

Dentists Pay $498K to Settle False Claims Allegations

Endo Health Solutions Inc. Ordered to Pay $1.54 Billion in Criminal Penalties

Health Care Company, Owner Pay $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations

Hospital System, Surgeon Agree to Nearly $1 Million Settlement of Medically Unnecessary Surgery Allegations

Physician Gets Seven Years for Unlawful Opioid Distribution

Physician Handed 12 Years in Prison for Improper Opioid Prescribing

Physician, Practice Pay over $2 Million to Resolve False Billing Allegations

Serial Fraudster Handed Ten Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay $97 Million in Restitution for Multiple Fraud Schemes

Three Physicians Land in Prison for Opioids-for-Cash Scheme

U.S. Court in New Jersey Allows FCA Claims Against IT Company for Alleged Application Overbilling

Government Reimbursement

CMS Proposes Mandatory Payment Model to Improve Kidney Transplant Access

GAO Flags Overdue Hospice Surveys, Urges Risk-Based Approach to Clear Backlog

Medicare Trust Fund Solvency Extended Five Years to 2038

Health Care Finance and Transactions

Novavax Strikes Licensing Deal with Sanofi for Potential $1.2 Billion

Health Information

House Panel Votes to Extend Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities for Two Years

U.S. Court in Illinois Greenlights “Wire Tap Act” Claim Against Hospital for Alleged Meta Disclosures

Health Insurance

U.S. Court in Idaho Allows Action Against Plan over Residential Mental Health Treatment Denial

Health Policy and Administration

Florida Challenges HHS Final Rule on ACA Nondiscrimination Protections

Life Sciences

Senate Finance Releases Draft Measure to Curb Generic Drug Shortages

Reproductive Health Law Hub

U.S. Court in North Carolina Finds Federal Law Preempts Certain State Restrictions on Abortion Pill

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Health Law Weekly Issue - May 10, 2024