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August 16, 2024

Health Law Weekly

Featured Articles

Implications for Nonprofit Health Care from the NRA Litigation

Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Compliance and Ethics Program, Using CMS's Requirements of Participation

Understanding CMS' Special Focus Program: The Latest in Hospice Oversight and Compliance

Value-Based Care Arrangements and How to Operate Within the Stark and AKS Safe Harbors

Current Topics

Fraud and Compliance

DME Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Kickback Scheme

Lab Owner Sentenced to Almost Two Years in Prison for Fraud Conspiracy

U.S. Court in Massachusetts Says Medical Device Maker Must Face Whistleblower Action Alleging Kickback Scheme

Urgent Care Physician Agrees to $620k Settlement of False Claims Allegations

Government Reimbursement

CMS Unveils Newly Negotiated Medicare Prices for Ten Drugs

D.C. Circuit Tosses Lawsuit Against HHS over Medicare-Covered Home Health Services Access

OIG Flags Improper Payments to Hospitals for Mechanical Ventilation

U.S. Court in Ohio Nixes Chamber of Commerce's Challenge to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

Health Care Finance and Transactions

Merck to Acquire Curon Biopharmaceutical’s Novel B-Cell Therapy Drug for Potential $1.6 Billion

Health Information

Biotech Company to Pay $4.5 Million to NY, NJ, and CT over Data Breach

Health Insurance

Federal Circuit Holds Government Improperly Withheld Payments to Nevada Health CO-OP as Loan Offset

Health Policy and Administration

Biden Administration Awarding $150 Million for Cancer Moonshot Research

Long Term Care

Texas Sues to Block Administration’s Minimum Staffing Requirements for Nursing Homes

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