On Thursday, March 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will no longer hear oral arguments that were set to occur on March 2, 2021, over D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings striking down Medicaid work...more
3/18/2021
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On Thursday, January 28, 2021, the DOJ announced that electronic health record (EHR) vendor athenahealth, Inc. (Athenahealth) agreed to pay $18.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). ...more
On Friday of last week, HHS published two long-awaited final rules implementing significant changes to the regulations under the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The two final rules are: (i) Revisions to the Safe...more
11/30/2020
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On Monday, June 24, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order requiring HHS and other agencies to propose regulations designed to promote transparency and upfront disclosure by hospitals to patients of the charge prices...more