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Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
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UPIC Report Card: The OIG’s Evaluation of the UPICs Provides Insight Into the Future of Hospice Audits
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - Telehealth After the Pandemic
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On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of “340B” hospitals in a notable statutory interpretation case concerning how the federal Medicare program reimburses hospitals for prescription drugs. The...more
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas recently vacated a portion of the Requirements Related to Surprise Billing, Part II, Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”) regarding the independent dispute resolution (IDR)...more
On February 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Gresham et al. v. Azar et al., Case No. 19-5094, a case challenging HHS’s Medicaid waiver that allowed...more
On December 31, 2019, a 3-0 panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the methodology adopted by HHS to administer the risk adjustment program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). See New Mexico...more
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On April 10, 2019, the Department of Justice filed notices appealing two District Court rulings that struck down Medicaid work requirements in both Kentucky and Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...more
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On July 30, 2018, two insurers – Moda Health Plan, Inc. (“Moda”) and Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company – petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider the Court’s June 14, 2018...more
• Health insurers seeking payment under the Affordable Care Act's Risk Corridor Program were dealt a blow following a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling that reversed an earlier decision against the...more
On Nov. 3, Health & Human Services (HHS) announced two additional initiatives to address the mounting Medicare appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level: (i) expand the Settlement Conference Facilitation...more
OIG Advisory Opinions - Manufacturer's Free Replacement of Spoiled Pharmaceutical Products Authorized - On Aug. 25, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG)...more
As expected, on Monday, November 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) filed a Notice of Appeal from the decision issued by Judge Royce Lamberth of the United States District Court for the District of...more
On September 18, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a set of “Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace’s (FFM) 2016 Employer Notice Program.”...more
This Week: House Ways & Means Committee Holds Markup; Makes Significant Legislative Changes to Health Care Bills... Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup on Medicare Appeals Process Bill... CMS Issues Final Rule on...more