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December 16, 2022
Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Proposed Rule Looks to Strengthen Protections for Medicare Advantage, Part D Beneficiaries

The Impact of Split-Shared and Other Billing Concepts on Fair Market Value

The Lighter Side of Health Law—December 2022

Current Topics

Antitrust

DOJ Antitrust Division, OIG Sign MOU to Step Up Coordination

First Circuit Partially Revives Urology Providers’ Antitrust Action Against Medicaid Insurer

Behavioral Health

Proposed Rule Aims to Expand Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Fraud and Compliance

Genetic Testing Lab Owner Convicted in Kickback Scheme

Government Intervenes in FCA Action Against Chiropractor, Related Entities

Long Term Care Pharmacy Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations It Improperly Dispensed Controlled Substances

Medical Marketer Charged in Kickback Scheme

Pharmacy Workers Arrested for Health Care Fraud Kickback Schemes

Physician and Office Manager Will Pay over $420,000 to Settle Kickback Allegations

Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Government Health Care Programs

Government Reimbursement

Eighth Circuit Allows Medicaid Beneficiaries’ Action Against Arkansas Officials over Benefit Reductions

Health Care Finance and Transactions

Amgen to Acquire Horizon Therapeutics for $27.8 Billion

Health Information

California Dental Practice Pays $23,000 to Resolve Potential HIPAA Violations Involving Social Media Posts

CMS Notifying Certain Medicare Beneficiaries of Subcontractor Data Breach

Florida Primary Care Provider to Pay $20,000 to Resolve Right of Access Probe

Health Insurance

CMS Issues Proposed ACA Marketplace Rule for 2024

U.S. Court in Massachusetts Finds Third-Party Administrator Failed to Provide Fair Process in Out-of-Network Mental Health Treatment Denial

Health Policy and Administration

Eighth Circuit Affirms Permanent Injunction for Religious Organizations in Challenge to Gender Transition Care, Coverage Requirements

National Health Spending Growth Dips in 2021 as Federal Outlays for COVID Decline

Life Sciences

CVS, Walgreens to Pay $10.7 Billion in Multistate Settlement of Opioid Litigation

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Deeming Drugs, Medical Devices Adulterated for Inspection Delays

Patient Care Liability and Litigation

U.S. Court in Maryland Dismisses EMTALA Claims

Reproductive Health Law Hub

Court Finds Injunction of Iowa’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Should Remain in Place

Tax and Nonprofit

IRS Finalizes Extension for Employers to Furnish Certain ACA Notices

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