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DOJ and HHS Announce Joint False Claims Act Working Group and Enforcement Priorities

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On July 2, 2025, the Departments of Justice and Health & Human Services announced a joint working group aimed at “strengthening their ongoing collaboration to advance priority enforcement areas” under the False Claims Act...more

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OIG Issues Final Information Blocking Enforcement Rule and Highlights the Potential for Referrals to the FTC and FCA Liability

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On June 27, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released its final rule (“Final Rule”) implementing penalties for information blocking....more

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Deadline Approaching for Comments on Proposed Changes to Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Rule

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The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has proposed amendments to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rule, 42 C.F.R. part 2 (the "Part 2 Rule") with a comment deadline of January 31....more

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OIG issues Alert to “remind” providers that information blocking may affect safe harbor protection

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On October 6, 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services issued OIG Policy Reminder: Information Blocking and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which “reminds” providers that...more

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MACRA’s Advancement of EHR Interoperability and Telehealth

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This is the fourth and final post in our series on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Pub.L. No. 114-10. We’ve previously covered the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) in our April 20th post,...more

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OCR Issues Guidance On HIPAA Privacy Rule’s De-Identification Standard

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On November 26, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a thirty-two page document titled “Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information...more

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