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McDermott Will & Emery

Federal Court Strikes Down LDT Final Rule

On March 31, 2025, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule under which FDA would have started regulating most laboratory-developed tests...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

CMS, Qlarant Scrutinizing Medicare Claims for Skin Substitute Treatments

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Our firm is seeing an uptick in Medicare demand letters for the recovery of overpayment for skin substitutes, such as WoundFixTM, Biobrane, Dermagraft®, AmnioBand®, or AlloPatch®, used in the treatment of wounds. CMS auditors...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions

[co-author: Kathleen Wills] Last year, the global COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for American courts. By making several changes, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was able to...more

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Supreme Court Places Another Limitation on Chevron Deference

The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States have again limited the reach of Chevron deference. On May 28, 2019, the Court in Smith v. Berryhill carved another exception into what has lately proven to be its...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Smith v. Berryhill

On May 28, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Smith v. Berryhill, holding a dismissal by the Social Security Administration’s Appeals Council on timeliness grounds after a claimant has had an administrative law judge...more

Burr & Forman

Appealing A South Carolina State Tax Case: Payment Or Bond?

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Taxpayers who disagree with a proposed tax assessment issued by the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR or DOR) may or may not be able reach an agreement at the administrative level. When taxpayers and SCDOR cannot...more

Baker Donelson

Court Finds Jurisdiction to Bar Recoupment Associated with Pending Claims Appeal

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On March 27, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit published an opinion that provides Family Rehabilitation, Inc. (Family Rehab) a second chance to postpone recoupment of about $7.6 million in...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Appellate Division Rules That Paid Blogger Was Not An “Employee” Entitled To Unemployment Benefits, Signaling Trend Toward More...

One of the recurring themes in workplace law in 2016 was the continued crackdown on independent contractor misclassification. Both federal and state agencies, as well as the plaintiffs’ bar, invested significant resources to...more

King & Spalding

HHS Proposes Significant Changes to ALJ Hearing Procedures

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HHS announced a Proposed Rule on July 5, 2016 aimed at reducing the backlog of appeals at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) and Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) for Medicare payment and coverage...more

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No Judicial Review of Contractor’s Finding of a High Payment Error Rate, a Condition for Extrapolation

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Before a Medicare contractor can use extrapolation to determine an overpayment amount, the Medicare statute requires that it must make a finding that there is a sustained or high level of payment error or that documented...more

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