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July 8, 2022
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

CMS Issues Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

President Biden Issues Executive Order on Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care

Current Topics

Antitrust

Jury Sides with Endo in Antitrust Action Alleging Illegal Pay-for-Delay Deal

Coronavirus Pandemic Hub

FDA Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe COVID-19 Treatment Paxlovid

Florida Nursing Home Provider to Pay $1.75 Million over Allegations of Improper COVID-19 Vaccinations

Fraud and Compliance

Excluded Pharmacy Owner Forfeits $7.1 Million in Unlawfully Obtained Medicare Funds

Government Secures $1.9 Billion in Fraud Recoveries in FY 2021

Maryland Personal Care Aid Facing Charges for Defrauding D.C. Medicaid Program

MCS Advantage to Pay $4.2 Million over Allegations Gift Card Incentive Program Violated AKS

Medical Director Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for $112 Million Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme

North Carolina DME Company Exec Pleads Guilty in $17 Million Health Care Fraud

Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Role in $15 Million DME Medicare Fraud Scheme

OIG Blesses Proposal to Subsidize Specialized Care for Military Veterans with Head Injuries

Spinal Device Distributor, PODs to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

U.S. Court in Massachusetts Says AKS Violation Is a Per Se Violation of FCA

Government Reimbursement

CMS Approves Washington to Extend Medicaid Coverage for 12 Months Postpartum

CMS Provides States New Tools for Overseeing Medicaid, CHIP Managed Care Programs

HHS Awards $155 Million for Primary Care Residency Programs

Health Information

Google Pledges to Delete Location Data Tracking User Visits to Abortion Clinics

Labor and Employment

Dermatology Practice Will Stop Collecting COVID Testing Results to Resolve EEOC Genetic Discrimination Charge

Life Sciences

FDA, PTO Looking to Curb Patent Abuses to Promote Generic Drug Competition

Senate Democrats Look to Move Forward with Updated Drug Pricing Proposal

U.S. Court in West Virginia Dismisses Opioid Lawsuit Against Major Drug Distributors

Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review

U.S. Court in Indiana Says Hospital Must Produce Physician’s Peer Review Records in Dispute over NPDB Report

Patient Care Liability and Litigation

Hospital’s Pre-stabilization Transfer Did Not Violate EMTALA, Seventh Circuit Says
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