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May 19, 2023

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

COVID-19 Relief Fund Enforcement Activities: Considerations and Strategies for Providers

FTC Intensifies Focus on Digital Health Apps with Proposed Changes to Data Breach Rule

Silicon Valley Bank’s Valuable Lessons for Health Care Corporate Leaders

Current Topics

Antitrust

FTC Moves to Block Amgen Acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics

Behavioral Health

SAMHSA Devotes $200 Million in New Funding to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

U.S. Court in New Hampshire Enjoins Patient Boarding in Hospital Emergency Departments

Fraud and Compliance

Court Orders Chicago Physician and His Wife to Pay over $3 Million for Kickback Scheme

Bronx Nursing Home to Pay $3.46 Million for Alleged Kickback, Medicare Coverage Switching Schemes

Federal Government, Iowa Sue Plastic Surgeon for Allegedly Submitting False Claims

Illinois Hospital to Pay $12.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Improper Billing

North Carolina Behavioral Health Provider to Pay $150,000 False Claims Settlement

Physician to Pay $330K to Resolve False Claims Allegations

U.S. Court in Minnesota Enters $487 Million Judgment Against Ophthalmology Distributor in FCA Action

Health Information

Arkansas Business Associate Pays $350,000 in HIPAA Data Breach Settlement

FTC Charges Fertility App Operator Violated Health Breach Notification Rule

Health Insurance

Fifth Circuit Stays for Now Ruling Nixing ACA Preventative Services Coverage Requirements

Tenth Circuit Upholds Ruling Against United over Denial of Residential Treatment Coverage

U.S. Court in Ohio Allows DaVita to Proceed with ERISA Claim Against Health Plan over Dialysis Coverage

Life Sciences

FTC’s Pharmacy Benefit Managers Probe Expands to Two Group Purchasing Organizations

Walgreens Settles San Francisco’s Opioid Lawsuit for $230 Million

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Health Law Weekly Issue - May 19, 2023