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Sixth Circuit Applies Strict Precondition of Payment Requirement to Reverse $11.1 Million FCA Judgment

by Nicholas Linder, Kirsten Mayer, Arefa Shakeel | Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/15/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in United States ex rel. Hobbs v. MedQuest Associates, Inc., 711 F.3d 707 (6th Cir. April 1, 2013), recently reversed an $11.1 million False Claims Act (“FCA”) judgment,...more

Understanding The Impacts Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

by Brion Doyle | Varnum LLP on 3/5/2013

While many of the key provisions and requirements of "Obamacare" (otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA")) do not go into effect until 2014, there is much that can be done in 2013 to...more

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations

by Joel R. Levin, Jeffrey Miller, Jerica L. Peters | Perkins Coie on 2/13/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act or Sunshine Act). The Sunshine Act requires drug,...more

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Rule

by Michael Werner | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/5/2013

In an action that will have broad implications for drug and device manufacturers, researchers, distributors, teaching hospitals and physicians, on February 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly...more

Employment Law Update: Healthcare; 401(k) Plan Fee Disclosures and Fiduciary Responsibilities; & Other Recent Changes

by Jackson Walker on 9/25/2012

In This Presentation: - Healthcare - 401(k) Plan Fee Disclosures and Fiduciary Responsibilities - Fair Labor Standards Act - Data Privacy Issues Please see full presentation below for more...more

What Do Healthcare Reform and the "Fiscal Cliff" Have In Common? Tax Increases

by Venable LLP on 7/9/2012

On June 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the new healthcare reform law in part by ruling that the individual mandate is a tax and Congress has authority to impose the individual mandate under Congress’s taxing power. As a...more

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