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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 26, 2025
Key Discovery Points: Don’t Get Caught with Your Hand in the Production Cookie Jar
Work this Way: An Employment Law Video Podcast | Episode 50: Creating a Competitive Advantage Through Employee Benefits with Connor Shaw of Gallagher
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
Podcast - Navigating the New Landscape of Private Equity in Healthcare
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 235: Revolutionizing Cancer Care with Eric Perrault of Kiyatec
Evolving AI Legislation: Federal Policies, Task Forces, and Proposed Laws — The Good Bot Podcast
CareYaya: A Revolutionary Approach to Elder Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 234: Life-Saving Collaboration in the Life Sciences Industry with John Crowley, President & CEO of BIO
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Breaking Down the Shifting Vaccine Policy Landscape – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Projections for 2025 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
Our Health Care Group discusses what businesses need to know about a new law in Maryland that creates new requirements for health plans’ use of artificial intelligence in making coverage and treatment decisions....more
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), often called a concussion, is one of the most misunderstood injuries in medicine and law. Doctors, insurers, and defense experts frequently point to “normal” CT or MRI scans as proof that...more
Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that, effective January 1, 2025, CMS will pay for acute kidney injury (AKI) renal dialysis treatments at-home at the daily rate based on...more
New CMS program, WISeR, will leverage third parties to screen prior authorization requests using technologically enhanced processes....more
In July 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act into law (the Act). The Act protects patients from certain medical debt collection actions and contains several restrictions on...more
As government scrutiny of the healthcare industry intensifies, enforcement agencies are casting wider nets to recover funds based on narrowly interpreted violations. This puts not only healthcare providers but also those...more
It’s been more than two weeks since the release of the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. We’ve had a chance to digest our initial helping and now we’re ready for seconds. We thought we would see...more
Health care providers who have treated or provided services, equipment, or supplies to patients insured by Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) between July 24, 2008 and October 4, 2024 may be entitled to compensation under a $2.67...more
In the early days of the second Trump Administration, several federal funding agencies announced caps to indirect cost (“IDC”) rates for federally funded research awards. In many cases, these caps would substantially reduce...more
President Trump’s signing of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on July 4, 2025, was a big win for concierge medicine practices, often called direct primary care (DPC). The new law allows favorable treatment for DPC...more
Both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and dozens of the nation’s largest insurance companies have revealed upcoming changes to their prior authorization processes. These changes aim to reduce the prevalence...more
CMS announced the rollout of the WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) model in June. It aims to use technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to “ensure timely and appropriate Medicare payment for select...more
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") announced sweeping changes to the Kidney Care Choices Model ("KCC Model"), a key set of value-based programs....more
There has been a flurry of recent activity in a case originally filed by six air ambulance companies claiming $20 million in unpaid emergency services invoices. ...more
In a recently issued opinion, the Fifth Circuit has added yet another chapter to the growing debate over whether providers may seek judicial enforcement of Independent Dispute Resolution (“IDR”) awards issued under the No...more
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Medicaid Act’s any-qualified-provider provision does not confer individual rights enforceable under 42 U.S.C. §1983. This decision reverses the Fourth Circuit’s...more
On June 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a significant opinion in the case involving Guardian Flight, LLC and Med-Trans Corporation, two air ambulance providers, against the defendant insurance...more
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") is set to reshape value-based care. In the first of a three-part series highlighting this new direction, this summary is focused on CMMI's efforts regarding health care...more
On May 9, Connecticut Attorney General (AG) William Tong, in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, announced a $495,721 false claims settlement with Advanced Dental Center PC (Advanced...more
Late last week, Governor Lamont announced that the Commissioner of the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), Deidre Gifford, plans to retire from state service in June. No successor was named. ...more
Health Policy Fireside Chat: What to Expect from the New Administration - Bill Mathias, Member at Bass, Berry & Sims, engaged in a fireside chat with Colin Roskey, Principal at FHP Strategies, former Deputy Assistant...more
Our recent article in Physicians Practice outlines 10 Dos and Don’ts for physicians and other practitioners to take into account when deciding whether to establish a direct primary care (DPC) practice. ...more
Cash-based practices, or providers who neither participate with nor bill insurers, are becoming increasingly common, especially in certain specialties such as primary care, women’s health, and mental health. While providers...more
The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Campbell announced the criminal indictment of several Massachusetts-based health care providers and their owners in connection with allegedly false claims they...more
Providers continually struggle to get the fair reimbursement they deserve from payers and often feel powerless to negotiate better rates. However, regulatory changes aimed at increasing price transparency and prohibiting gag...more