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Wade Emmert
Feds Levy First-Ever HIPAA Fine for a Phishing Breach
From Govinfo Security, by Marianne Colbasuk McGee: The Department of Health and Human Services has issued the first ever HIPAA fine for a phishing breach, highlighting…
The Growing Causal Divide: But-For Causation in AKS/FCA Actions
From McGuireWoods, by Renee Kumon, Timothy Fry and Brett Barnett: The District of Massachusetts Court recently joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in requiring the government…
FDA Issues Revised Off-Label Communications Guidance
From Jones Day, by Anthony Dick, Harrison Farmer, Colleen Heisey, Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld, Rebecca Martin: The FDA has issued a revised draft guidance on the sharing of…
CMS Issues Interim Rule in Response to State Medicaid Disenrollment Trend
From Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, by Shane Duer, Knicole Emanuel, Cara Ludwig: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an interim…
What Cigna’s FCA Settlement Means for Other Medicare Advantage Plans
From HealthPayerIntelligence, Victoria Bailey: Cigna’s recent brush with False Claims Act violations serves as a reminder that Medicare Advantage organizations should be routinely assessing their risk…
Two Dallas Physicians Charged in $12 Million Fraud Scheme
From D Magazine, by Will Maddox: Drs. Desi and Deno Barroga were indicted for allegedly receiving $12 million from fraudulent claims and illegally distributing hydrocodone to…
The New Health Privacy Landscape—Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire
From Perkins Coie, by Stephanie Duchesneau, Susan Fahringer, Meredith Halama, Janis Kestenbaum: The legal landscape around health privacy has become much more complex in recent years,…
Enhanced Nursing Home Ownership Data Required by Biden HHS
From Bloomberg Law, by Tony Pugh: The Biden administration finalized a rule requiring nursing homes to provide more detailed information about their ownership structure, including whether…
OIG Publishes a New Guidance Resource and a Report
OIG released our General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG). The GCPG is a reference guide for the health care compliance community and other health care stakeholders. The…
Defending Executive Compensation in Nonprofit Health Care Systems
From American Health Law Association, by Albert Lin, Husch Blackwell LLP, and Connor Campbell, Weaver and Tidwell LLP: This article reviews the rules surrounding the IRS…