Health care organizations working with marketers, independent sales representatives, advertising, and other consulting support to promote sales of products or services received welcomed news that their arrangements may be...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a new favorable advisory opinion regarding patient assistance programs (PAP) for 12 specific disease funds. PAPs help patients pay high cost-sharing obligations for...more
In connection with the November 2023 Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference, and with acknowledgment by the Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, Rob DeConti, of the long...more
11/8/2023
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The U.S. healthcare industry remains at a crossroads. The healthcare reform legislation passed under President Barack Obama in 2010, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but widely referred...more
10/11/2019
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This is an uncomfortable summer for health care providers in Florida! The legal landscape changed dramatically over the 4th of July holiday. Buried in Florida’s HB 369 regarding substance abuse services was a dramatic...more