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Class Action Decisions Published April 2025

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Highlights from this issue include Rule 23(b)(3) Damages....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Tennessee General Assembly Continues Chipping Away at Tennessee’s CON Program

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On April 23, the 113th Tennessee General Assembly passed HB2269/SB2009, Public Chapter No. 985 (New CON Law), which significantly overhauls Tennessee’s certificate of need (CON) program for a second time less than three years...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | February 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2024. We discuss various regulatory developments, including guidance on the use of AI in coverage decisions and texting...more

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HHS Office of Inspector General Publishes August Work Plan Updates

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In its August 15, 2023, Enforcement listserv notice, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published its Work Plan Updates for August. This article will highlight three of the...more

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50 Years of Policy-Driving Legislation and the Growing Role of MAT in Combatting the Opioid Crisis

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Over the last 50 years, the use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) has evolved from a controversial therapy on the outskirts of accepted medical practice and drug abuse prevention strategy to...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Modernizing Confidentiality Rules for Substance Use Disorder Records (Again): 2019 Proposed Changes to 42 CFR...

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This week’s episode is the second in an ongoing series focusing on recent efforts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to update 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2) regulations related to the...more

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In the Absence of Published Guidance or Additional Legislation, Is It Safe for Laboratories to Pay Commissions to Sales Staff?

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In what can only be described as hastily-crafted legislation, Congress passed the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA), with an effective date of October 24, 2018. EKRA, from all accounts, was intended to...more

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Congress Creates a Mess by Enacting the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018

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Congress has activated a new Anti-Kickback law known as Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (commonly referred to as EKRA). The new Anti-Kickback law applies to arrangements involving recovery homes, clinical...more

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Jones Day Talks Health Care: The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act

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With the passage of the Eliminating Kickbacks and Recovery Act in October 2018, Congress took aim at the ongoing opioid crisis threatening communities across the U.S. This new criminal statute targets healthcare providers...more

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Client Alert: Congress Adds New Criminal Kickback Prohibition that Includes Services Covered by Private Health Plans

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Against the backdrop of an unprecedented opioid epidemic claiming the lives of an estimated 130 Americans each day, Congress passed the federal Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act: A Critical Analysis of an Altered Landscape for Financial Relationships with Clinical...

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I. Introduction - The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (the “SUPPORT Act”), passed at the end of October 2018, seeks to prohibit...more

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Responding to the Opioid Crisis and More:  2018-19 New York State Behavioral Health Budget Highlights

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Several provisions in the recently adopted 2018-19 New York State Budget (the “Enacted Budget”) are intended to address the ongoing opioid crisis. As discussed in a prior post, some were focused on pharmaceutical...more

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