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Wade Emmert
Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update Q2 2023
Andrew Lacy, Arman Oruc, John Goheen Kevin Walsh, and Andrew Jensen, writing for Goodwin Procter: In the second quarter, the US antitrust agencies continued efforts to…
After Hearing Arguments, Future of Planned Parenthood in Texas Rests with Federal Judge
Dallas Morning News: Texas officially ousted the organization from the state’s Medicaid program in 2021 after four years of trying and a subsequent legal battle. Planned…
Hospital Mergers Double the Risk of a Data Breach, Study Shows
Joseph J. Lazzarotti, writing for JacksonLewis: A recent study suggests that the likelihood for hospitals to experience a data breach doubles during the year before and…
CMS Unveils New Changes to ACO REACH Model
By Noah Tong, for Fierce Healthcarel: Among numerous tweaks, CMS reduced the beneficiary alignment minimum for new entrant accountable care organizations from 5,000 to 4,000. It…
Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Secure 49-Month Sentence and Over $5 Million Restitution in Orthopedic Supplies Fraud Case
This is a common tale. It seems like most of my time is spent explaining to clients why you cannot pay marketers a percentage of the…
OIG Issues Final Information Blocking Enforcement Rule and Highlights the Potential for Referrals to the FTC and FCA Liability
By Ryan P. Blaney & Jonian Rafti, for Proskauer: The Final Rule codifies the prohibition on “information blocking” introduced by the 21st Century Cures Act (“Act”),…
Healthcare Industry Faces Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny Under New Merger Guidelines, HSR Rules
By Wendy Arends, Mark Tobey & Kelsey Toledo, for HuschBlackwell: The draft Merger Guidelines were published on July 19, 2023, by the Agencies just weeks after…
Private Equity in Healthcare Is Under A Microscope, So What’s Next?
Jacqueline LaPointe, for RevCycle Intelligence: As of 2019, private equity entities accounted for 65 percent of physician practice acquisitions, representing the vast majority of physician deals,…
5 Steps to Ensure HIPAA Compliance on Mobile Devices
For mobile devices used by your providers and staff (your mobile endpoints), Michael Goad, for TechTarget, suggests: 1. Ensure devices and data are secure and encrypted…
New Regulations on Health Care Transactions in California
While this blog is focused on Texas and federal law, many of our clients offer telehealth or Internet-centric services which implicate the laws of other states.…