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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Penalties Investigations

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Investigations Newsletter: Federal Court Imposes Nearly $1 Billion in FCA Damages and Penalties Against Omnicare and CVS

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Federal Court Imposes Nearly $1 Billion in FCA Damages and Penalties Against Omnicare and CVS - On July 7, Southern District of New York District Judge Colleen McMahon increased a False Claims Act (FCA) judgment from $136...more

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DOJ and HHS Announce FCA Working Group

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On July 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group to strengthen “their ongoing collaboration to advance...more

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Hospital Administrators – Is Your Hospital Cyber-Secure?

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On October 2, 2024, New York adopted new regulations requiring general hospitals to implement heightened cybersecurity safeguards. General hospitals, as defined in Article 28 of the NY Public Health Law, generally must begin...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule Finally Has Teeth With Respect to Providers

On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a final rule...more

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Ensuring Child Labor Law Compliance Amid Growing Scrutiny

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In February, the New York Times published an investigative report regarding alleged employment of underage migrants, many from Central America, at U.S. companies. While employment of certain minors is permitted under federal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Revised Privacy Rule May Not Emerge for Two Years; Info Blocking Penalty Regulation Published

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 7 (July 2023) In two public talks this spring, Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), said completing the 2021 proposed regulation extensively...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - July 2022

The July Monthly Minute addresses a steep settlement and corrective action plan resulting from a widespread HIPAA breach, along with recent employer-friendly cases that highlight judicial support for inclusion of actively...more

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