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September 17, 2021
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

CMS Proposes Scrapping Final Rule on Medicare Coverage of Breakthrough Devices

C-Suite Roundtable: Digital Health and IT Trends and Strategies

Current Topics

Antitrust

FTC Withdraws Approval of Vertical Merger Guidelines

Behavioral Health

SAMHSA Awards $123 Million in Grants to Help Combat Overdoses

Coronavirus Pandemic Hub

Health Care Providers to See Additional $25.5 Billion in COVID Relief

NIH Awards $470 Million to Support National Research on Long COVID

Dispute Resolution

Illinois Appeals Court Says Negligence, Wrongful Death Claims Against Nursing Home Must Be Arbitrated

Fraud and Compliance

Cardiologist Settles False Claims Allegations for $6.75 Million

Feds Join Whistleblower Action Against Health Insurer Alleging Medicare Advantage Fraud

Hospice Care Owner Arrested on Health Care Fraud, Kickback Charges

Louisiana Doc Indicted for Alleged $5.1 Million Fraud Scheme, Illegally Dispensing Opioids

OIG Blesses Critical Access Hospital’s Proposed “Warranty” for Certain Joint Replacement Complications

Ophthalmologist Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Agrees to Forfeit $3.6 million

U.S. Court in Kentucky Affirms Criminal Health Care Fraud Conviction

U.S. Court in Maryland Rejects Whistleblower Action Against Medical Device Makers Alleging Kickback Scheme

Health Care Delivery Models

CMS Makes Initial Awards to Four Organizations for New Rural Health Care Payment Model

Health Information

CMS Delays Enforcement of Interoperability Rule’s Payer-to-Payer Data Exchange Requirement

FTC Says Health Apps Must Notify Consumers of Unauthorized Data Disclosures

Nebraska Children’s Hospital Reaches $80,000 HIPAA Right of Access Settlement

Health Insurance

Administration Issues No Surprises Proposed Rule on Air Ambulance Data Reporting, Enforcement

CMS Awards $20 Million for Modernizing State-Based Marketplaces

More Than 2.8 Million Signed up for ACA Coverage During Special Enrollment Period

Life Sciences

Ohio Inks $808 Million Settlement with Opioid Distributors

Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review

U.S. Court in Texas Says Academic Medical Center Can’t Rely on HIPAA, FERPA to Shield Documents from Discovery

Patient Care Liability and Litigation

Colorado Supreme Court Says Hospitals Must Bill Medicare Before Asserting Statutory Lien

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