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Wade Emmert
The 2023 DOJ Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Big Dollars or Clever Packaging?
Zachary S. Taylor and Sarah M. Hall, for Epstein Becker Green: Of the numerous cases, three specific areas comprised the vast majority of the $2.5 billion…
FDA Approves the First Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pill
Beth Mole, for ArsTechnica: The OTC-approved pill is the Opill (norgestrel), a once-a-day progestrin-only pill manufactured by the Dublin-based company Perrigo. The company said it expects…
OIG Advisory Opinion 23-04 – Favorable Opinion Regarding the Use of an Online Health Care Directory by Federal Health Care Program Beneficiaries
A website offers users the ability to search for physicians and other health care providers who have paid a fee to be included in the database.…
Billing Medicare or Medicaid? Understanding Your Audit Risk
Jenna Godlewski and Alice Harrs, for MaynardNexsen: If you are a healthcare provider enrolled with Medicare and Medicaid, it is imperative that you know the governmental…
AI’s Increasing Role in the Health Care Delivery System: Key Legal Considerations
Douglas A. Grimm, for ArentFox Schiff: In a recent Yale CEO Summit survey, 48% of CEOs indicated that AI will have its greatest effect as applied…
Texas Lawmakers Enact New Laws Reforming Texas Medical Board Disciplinary Authority and Increasing Hospital Reporting Obligations
Jesse M. Coleman and Drew del Junco, writing for Seyfarth Shaw, LLP: On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a major new patient safety…
What to Know About HIPAA Compliance OCR Settlement
Employees of health care providers do not have carte blanche authority to access patient records. Any access of protected health information must be for an appropriate…
14 Medical City Hospitals Part of Apparent HCA Healthcare Data Theft
Will Maddox, for D-Magazine: Fourteen Medical City Healthcare hospitals are among the hundreds of facilities caught up in an apparent patient data theft at the North…
OIG Final Rule Expands OIG Enforcement Authority to Grant and Contract Fraud
James A. Cannatti, III, Tony Maida, and Niya Mack, for McDermott Will & Emery: On June 27, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services…
Navigating Scope And Applicability Of Texas Data Privacy Law
Wendell Bartnick, Christian Blair and Stuart Cobb for Law 360: On June 18, Texas enacted the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, becoming the 11th state…