Can Food Really Be Medicine? Transforming Health Care One Bite at a Time – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 243: HIPAA Compliance and Potential Changes with Shannon Lipham of Maynard Nexsen
HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Breaking Down the Shifting Vaccine Policy Landscape – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
2025 Outlook: The Department of Health and Human Services Under the Second Trump Administration – Diagnosing Health Care
New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Special Edition | Episode 36 - Rolling Change: The DEA Turns Over a New Leaf on Marijuana Scheduling
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
OMG. . .The OIG is at it Again
The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Episode 303 --- Deep Dive into the HHS-OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 17
ICYMI over the holiday week (present company included), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a re-energized partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enforce the False Claims Act...more
Last month, Judge Matthew Kaszmaryk of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, in Purl v. United Stated Department of Health and Human Services, No. 2:24-cv-00228-Z (N.D. Tex Jun. 18, 2025) struck down nearly all...more
On July 7, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Policy for Extramural Research issued NOT-OD-25-128, titled “Guidance on Enforcement of Closeout Requirements During the Appeals Process” (the Notice). The...more
n a July 2, 2025, press release, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new “DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group” (the Working Group) and identified multiple priority enforcement efforts for the Working Group to...more
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This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare....more
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Hello, everyone. My name is Allan Medina. I am a partner in Goodwin’s Washington, DC, office, with a practice focus on government investigations. I’m here with Liza Craig, who is also a partner in the DC office. We are...more
Today, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of the Office of Inspector General and Office of General Counsel, one of just a dozen or so agencies reporting directly to the secretary....more
On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to “rapidly implement and enforce” federal healthcare price transparency regulations....more
There are still several unsettled legal issues regarding the standards applicable to a False Claims Act (FCA) claim, such as the standard to prove causation when an FCA claim is based on a violation of the Anti-Kickback...more
President Trump’s Executive Order 14224 reinforces and expands a 2019 Executive Order which aimed to improve healthcare price transparency. On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed a new 2025 Executive Order entitled...more
The EO announces a policy of the United States to put patients first and ensure they have the necessary information to make well-informed healthcare decisions. The order builds upon Executive Order 13877 (Improving Price and...more
On February 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss, holding in relevant part that: - Violations of a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) can create an...more
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Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more
We kick off our annual Year in Preview series with a comprehensive look at health care fraud enforcement in 2025. This post proceeds in three parts. First, we explore what the second Trump administration might bring, looking...more
On November 20, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued its Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities (Nursing Facility ICPG)....more
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On December 11, 2024, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint seeks to block the enforcement of a May 9, 2014,...more
As of December 23, health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates (collectively, regulated entities) must comply with new reproductive health care privacy...more
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