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Alive and (Anti)Kicking: EKRA Prosecutions on the Rise in California with Multiple Recent Indictments

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In the past few months, federal prosecutors in California have brought multiple indictments under the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) charging the owners of substance abuse treatment facilities and their...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Extending and Enduring

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In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more

Epstein Becker & Green

CMS Announces New Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration Demonstration Model

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On January 18th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new demonstration model called the Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model, which is designed to improve outcomes for adults with mental...more

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What to Know Before Getting Back to the Business of Health Care: FY2023 Omnibus Spending Bill

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In late December, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a $1.7 trillion year-end omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through FY2023. This alert summarizes the notable health policies and...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The LHD/ERISA Advisor: New York Court Rejects Claim that Health Insurer Violated the Parity Act

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In Julie L. v. Excellus Health Plan, Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47734 (W.D.N.Y. March 19, 2020), a New York district court rejected the plaintiff's claims that a health insurer improperly imposed stricter medical necessity...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Deadline is Approaching for Group Health Plan Service Agreement Updates

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Recent changes to the federal rules governing confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) patient records may require updates to agreements between group health plans and their third-party vendors....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Modernizing Medicare: CMS Expands Reimbursement for Virtual Care and Telehealth

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As part of the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule) published on November 23, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took significant steps toward modernizing Medicare to expand...more

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Health Care Update - October 2015

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Senate Working Group Pressing Forward on Telehealth - As Congress focuses on bigger picture policy decisions, including broad budget negotiations and raising the debt ceiling, there are some exciting developments on the...more

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Health Care Update - July 2015 #3

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ACA Repeal Votes Continue: As part of a rare Senate Sunday session to consider a bill to replenish the highway trust fund for six years, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) brought up an amendment to repeal the ACA—in...more

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