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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

New Illinois Protections Against Patient Medical Debt May Also Help Reduce Hospital Bad Debt

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/4/2023

Starting in mid-2024, Illinois hospitals will be required to take a much more active role in limiting consumers’ medical debt by screening all consenting uninsured patients for both public health insurance program coverage...more

DOJ Antitrust Division and HHS OIG Enter into Partnership to Increase Coordination and Enforcement in Health Care

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/14/2022

On December 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) announced they had entered a Memorandum of Understanding...more

White Collar Crime Law Enforcement in a Trump Justice Department - 8 Predictions

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 11/30/2016

After a conventional presidential campaign, determining the policy priorities and direction of the incoming administration with respect to the Justice Department’s white collar law enforcement responsibilities can be a...more

Skeletons in the Closet? Beware of Potential Enforcement Actions

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 10/29/2015

With Halloween looming, a discussion of skeletons that may be lurking in a health care provider’s closet is timely. Many of our previous posts, as well as the monthly Qui Tam Updates published by our Health Care Enforcement...more

2014 – The Health Law Year in Review

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/31/2014

Each year brings significant changes and challenges in the laws governing the health care industry, and 2014 proved to be no exception. What the year may have lacked in the high drama that accompanies comprehensive health...more

OIG Releases Spring 2014 Semiannual Report to Congress

King & Spalding on 6/3/2014

On May 27, 2014, OIG released its Spring 2014 Semiannual Report to Congress, covering the activities of the OIG during the first half of Fiscal Year 2014, from October 2013 through March 2014. For that time period, OIG...more

News from the Health Law Gurus™: Week of May 11th, 2014

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 5/19/2014

News from the Health Law Gurus™ is a weekly summary of notable health law news from around the country with helpful links to related content. ...more

U.S. Privacy and Data Protection: 2013 Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2014

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/29/2014

In Boston, we celebrated Data Privacy Day (January 28) by presenting “U.S. Privacy and Data Protection: 2013 Year In Review and a Prediction of What’s to Come in 2014” for participants in an IAPP KnowledgeNet. Our panel of...more

"Health Care and Life Sciences: Affordable Care Act Rollout to Impact M&A and Enforcement Activity"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/28/2014

Health care and life sciences companies face a variety of issues in 2014, including further difficulties with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rollout because of legal and logistical challenges, the potential dampening of...more

False Claims Act Whistleblower Bounties Exceed $345 Million in Fiscal Year 2013

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/23/2014

The DOJ has released its Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2013 totals for civil settlements and judgments recovered under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”). To say that the Department had a successful year in prosecuting fraud against...more

"Health Care Enforcement Update: What Is in Store for the Next Five Years"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/26/2013

While predicting enforcement trends over the next five years is not without uncertainty, the best marker for future activity may be to look to the past. We believe that industry members and counsel can expect the Department...more

CMS Announces 90-Day Grace Period for Compliance with Eligibility and Claim Status Operating Rules Under HIPAA

King & Spalding on 1/15/2013

CMS’s Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) has announced on January 2, 2013, that it will not initiate any enforcement action prior to March 31, 2013, with respect to HIPAA covered entities’ compliance with...more

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