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Wade Emmert
Woman’s Death After IV Therapy Leads to License Suspension for Frisco Anesthesiologist
From D Magazine, by Will Maddox: The Texas Medical Board suspended Frisco anesthesiologist Dr. Michael Gallagher after a mother of four died in July at a…
Congress Eyeing Broker Payments Behind Booming Medicare Sales
From Bloomberg Law, by John Tozzi: About 31 million people – more than half of Medicare enrollees – opt to get their coverage through private plans…
CMS Publishes Updated Data on Stark Law Voluntary Disclosures
From Policy & Medicine, by Thomas Sullivan: 2022 was a stand-out year for Stark Law self-disclosures. It was the highest year in both the number of…
Labs Take Note New OIG Opinion Highlights That Fair Market Value Per Test Payments Can Still Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute Publications
From Bass, Berry & Sims, by Jennifer E. Michael & Danielle M. Sloane: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG)…
HHS OIG Introduces Managed Care Strategic Plan
From Squire Patton Boggs, by Bevan Blake: In response to the continued growth of managed care in government-sponsored health plans over the last several years, the…
Patient Privacy: Preventing Data Leakage in Healthcare
From Security Boulevard, by Chantel Rodrigues: Tracking pixels are tiny, invisible images or code snippets embedded in web pages, emails, or mobile apps. They can be…
Federal Judge Rules Government Must Demonstrate “But-For” Causation for Anti-Kickback Statute Claims
From ArentFox Schiff LLP, by D. Jacques Smith , Randall A. Brater , Michael F. Dearington , Nadia Patel , Heather M. Zimmer: Chief Judge Dennis…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Clarify Key Provisions of the False Claims and Anti-kickback Statutes
From Stevens & Lee, by Charles Honart: The Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit court split on the issue of causation, to wit, when a…
Healthcare AI and HIPAA Compliance
From AI in Healthcare by Dave Pearson: AI can accumulate a large amount of data from many sources. Using large datasets, AI can realistically re-identify previously…
HHS-OIG Says Anatomic Pathology Lab’s Purchased Service Arrangement Could Violate Anti-Kickback Statute
From Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, by Jason D. Schultz, Anne B. Compton-Brown, Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ford: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an unfavorable…