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Supreme Court Narrows Medicaid Beneficiaries’ Right to Sue: Key Takeaways from Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

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The Supreme Court of the United States has issued a significant healthcare decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case which will likely have far-reaching implications for Medicaid beneficiaries and...more

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A Common Denominator Governs the Medicare Fraction - SCOTUS Today

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In its 2022 decision in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation, for Valley Hospital Medical Center, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the phrase “entitled to [Medicare Part A] benefits” applied to “all those qualifying for the...more

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Insights From the 2025 American Health Law Association’s Long Term and Post-Acute Care Law and Compliance Conference

This year, health lawyers, providers, consultants, and government experts from across the country convened in Orlando, Florida, for the American Health Law Association’s Long Term and Post-Acute Care Law and Compliance...more

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The Future of the 340B Program: 2023 Key Decisions

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Critical decisions are pending before courts and legislators in 2023 that promise to shape the future of the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program), which provides discounts on outpatient drugs for certain health care...more

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American Hospital Association et al. v. Becerra et al.: Supreme Court Rejects CMS Policy to Adjust Medicare Part B Payments for...

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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court released its opinion in American Hospital Association et al. v. Becerra et al., a case that involves the proper method for the Medicare program to reimburse hospitals for outpatient drugs...more

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“Objectively Reasonable” Interpretation Defeats FCA Knowledge in 4th Circuit

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is now the latest in a growing number of courts holding that an objectively reasonable interpretation of governing law defeats the requisite element of intent or “scienter” under the False...more

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Pending Supreme Court Decision in AHA v. Becerra May Be Felt Well Beyond the Healthcare Industry

By July 2022, the US Supreme Court is expected to release its opinion in American Hospital Association v. Becerra, a case that not only has significant ramifications for healthcare providers but may also impacts the deference...more

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Supreme Court to Review Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Early January

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Last Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear oral arguments on January 7, 2022, regarding the legality of two federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates issued under the Biden administration. The justices will be...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Consolidated Appeals on Vaccine Mandates on January 7, 2022

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While the Supreme Court declined to stay the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Agency’s vaccine mandate for employers with 100+ employees or to change the status of the rule issued by the Centers for...more

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U.S. Supreme Court To Review Vaccine Mandates

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Following the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel handing down a split decision reinstating the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) vaccination mandate, numerous emergency applications were filed with...more

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COVID-19 Legal Round Up and Looming 2022 Deadlines

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President Biden’s vaccine mandates have faced a roller-coaster ride in the federal court system over the last few weeks, leaving covered employers in the difficult position of trying to comply with on-again, off-again federal...more

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Happy Holidays!! New Compliance Deadlines under the OSHA ETS to Employers with 100 or More Employees

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Developments immediately before the holiday break have many employers scrambling as the OSHA ETS has seemingly come back to life. The Sixth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision by a 3-member panel, dissolved the temporary stay...more

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Site-Neutral Payments Stand: SCOTUS Declines to Hear AHA Appeal, Preserving Lower Payments to Off-Campus Provider-Based...

In July 2020, we discussed a ruling by the D.C. Court of Appeals upholding the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) site-neutral payment rules. On Monday, June 28, 2021, the Supreme Court declined, without comment,...more

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July Surprise - Supreme Court Agrees to Review Medicare Payment Cuts to 340B Drugs

The US Supreme Court has announced that it will take up review of the decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upholding Medicare’s 2018 payment cuts to 340B drugs. The case will be closely...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Removes Oral Arguments Over State Medicaid Work Requirements from Calendar

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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

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Justices Should Weigh In On FCA Objective Falsity Standard

In its conference on Feb. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider two pending petitions for certiorari that could resolve a critical but deeply disputed issue that impacts both the False Claims Act and health care...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Second Circuit’s Expansion of Criminal Insider Trading Liability

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On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more

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Supreme Court Delivers Victory to Providers in Allina DSH Part C Case in a Decision with Broad Implications

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In a major win for providers that serve a disproportionate share of indigent patients, the Supreme Court today upheld the D.C. Circuit’s earlier decision invalidating CMS’s policy to treat beneficiaries enrolled in Part C...more

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Update on Azar v. Allina Health Services: Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on When CMS Must Use Formal Rulemaking

On January 15, 2019, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Azar v. Allina Health Services, a prominent case involving a challenge by hospitals over when Medicare’s instructions to its contractors impact a “substantive...more

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Supreme Court to Decide Critical Case on When CMS Must Use Formal Rulemaking when Instructing Medicare Contractors

On January 15, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a hotly-contested case involving a challenge by hospitals over when Medicare’s instructions to its contractors impact a “substantive legal standard” and thus...more

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Supreme Court Grants Review in Allina Health Services Case

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Is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the government) required to engage in notice and comment rulemaking when it changes a requirement that has an important impact on hospitals' reimbursement? As we reported...more

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