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June 9, 2023
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Concerns About Telehealth and Telemedicine Across State Lines in a Post-Pandemic World

  • Jessica M. Carroll, Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP

HIPAA Liability Podcast Series

Providers’ Internal Struggles to Understand and Interpret Ambiguous Regulatory Requirements Are Fair Game to the Government and Whistleblowers

  • Sara Bugbee, Hancock, Daniel & Johnson, P.C.

Current Topics

Antitrust

Eighth Circuit Nixes Ophthalmologist’s Monopolization Claim Against Clinic

FTC Opposes Antitrust Shield for UNC Health System

Indivior Reaches $102.5 Million Multi-State Settlement of Suboxone-Related Antitrust Claims

Coronavirus Pandemic Hub

CMS Withdraws Health Care Worker COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

Dispute Resolution

Illinois Appeals Court Says Health Care Power Attorney Lacked Authority to Sign Optional Arbitration Agreement

Fraud and Compliance

Federal Circuit Rejects Former Relator’s Attempt to Recover Share of Subsequent FCA Settlement

Federal Jury Convicts Chief Compliance Officer in $50M Medicare Fraud Scheme

Lab Owner Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme

Pharmacist Handed Two Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud

Government Reimbursement

CMS Announces Multi-State Primary Care Model

CMS Finalizes Rule to Account for Part C Days in Medicare DSH Calculation

Health Care Finance and Transactions

United Health Group Unit Makes Unsolicited All-Cash Offer to Acquire Amedisys

Health Information

Comments on Proposed Changes to Data Breach Rule Due August 8

New Jersey Psychiatry Practice Pays $30,000 over Alleged PHI Disclosure in Negative Online Review Response

Health Insurance

U.S. Court in North Carolina Certifies Class Action Against Aetna, Optum over Administrative Fees

Labor and Employment

U.S. Court in Pennsylvania Orders Home Care Provider to Pay More Than $7 Million for Overtime Violations

Life Sciences

FDA Releases New Guidance to Modernize Clinical Trials

Merck Sues to Block Medicare Drug Negotiation Program

Long Term Care

Supreme Court Holds Patients May Sue State-Run Nursing Facilities Under FNHRA

Patient Care Liability and Litigation

Illinois Appeals Court Finds Physician’s Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Intentional Tort

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