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New York issues extensive new pharmacy benefit manager regulations

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On November 27, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) will be releasing new regulations governing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Beginning with legislation in 2021, New York has been active in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Three Questions with Sedgwick’s Jeremy Schutz

In this edition of Three Questions, health care & life sciences partner Nate Brown spoke with Jeremy Schutz, director of business development, recall & remediation at Sedgwick, to explore key strategies that pharmaceutical...more

Dentons

Ep. 42 – Implementing the OIG’s Nursing Facility Compliance Program Guidance

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Last month the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (OIG) released its first industry-specific compliance program guidance aimed at nursing facilities (both skilled and non-skilled)....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Issues RFI on PFAS in Seafood

On November 19, 2024, FDA issued a request for information (RFI) on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in seafood. Specifically, the agency is seeking scientific data and information from the seafood industry and other...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Key Takeaways | Market Access and Reimbursement – Opportunities and Challenges

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During this session, the panelists discussed the role of market access in making investment decisions within the healthcare sector. The conversation covered various aspects, including the importance of early market access...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Key MHPAEA Issues for Plan Sponsors: What to Know for 2025

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) mandates that group health plans and health insurance issuers that offer mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits must provide such benefits...more

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Key Takeaways | State of the Market – Still Looking for an Exit

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During this session, the panelists discussed notable developments within the life sciences industry with a specific focus on the GLP-1 drug market and its opportunities for improvement in patient satisfaction and dosage. They...more

A&O Shearman

U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal fines Pfizer and Flynn Pharma nearly GBP70 million for excessive and unfair pricing

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The U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has imposed its own fines on Pfizer and Flynn Pharma for abusing their dominant positions by charging excessive and unfair prices for phenytoin sodium, an anti-epilepsy drug, after...more

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Key Takeaways | Alternative Capital-Raising Strategies in Challenging Times

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During this session, the panelists shared alternative capital-raising financing strategies, including venture capital (VC), accelerators, spin-outs, bridge financing, licensing, and government agency support. They also...more

Holland & Knight LLP

HIPAA Tidings: A Look at OCR's Recent Enforcement Actions

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In addition to holiday celebrations, the month of December typically ushers in a final round of enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR), and 2024 is no...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

AI is here to stay?

Artificial intelligence or AI—yes, we are talking about it again. The explosion of AI in healthcare will only continue to grow. Statistics show that the total market value of AI in healthcare will expand to over $148 billion...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: November 19 – December 2, 2024

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Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Goodwin

Texas AG Enters Into First-of-its-Kind Settlement With Provider of Generative AI Tools for Healthcare Providers Related to Alleged...

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In a recent settlement, the Texas attorney general resolved allegations that Pieces Technologies, Inc. (Pieces), a healthcare generative AI company, misrepresented the hallucination rate of its generative AI product to...more

King & Spalding

Senators Grassley and Warren Urge IRS to Increase Nonprofit Hospital Oversight Again

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On November 19, 2024, a bipartisan pair of senators, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Id.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) united again, a year after a similar letter, to urge the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to increase...more

Locke Lord LLP

How Health Care Systems Can Guard Against Independent Contractor Misclassification ‎Liability for Contract Nurses

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We can learn quite a lot from a legal challenge faced by other business organizations in the same industry. In September, we noticed that a large health care system operating in seven states west of the Mississippi had been...more

Cooley LLP

SEC charges biopharma with misleading investors about status of INDs

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The SEC has announced that it filed settled charges against Kiromic BioPharma and two of its executives for alleged failure to disclose in its public statements and filings, including in its public offering prospectus,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Tobacco Surcharge Litigation Flares Up

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Although the Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services believe that wellness programs are delivering on their promise of improving health and reducing costs, one type has...more

Baker Donelson

CMS Revises Immediate Jeopardy Guidance: Key Updates for Providers

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The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued QSO-25-09-ALL on November 21, 2024, revising Core Appendix Q guidance to the State Operations Manual on Immediate Jeopardy. Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) is the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Hospice Insights Podcast - What a Difference No Deference Makes: Courts No Longer Bow to Administrative Agencies

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The United States Supreme Court recently overruled decades-old precedent that favored an administrative agency’s interpretation of ambiguous statutes. This seismic shift in the role of the judiciary will affect every...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: The CEO's Guide to Trump 2.0

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“CEOs tended to take a wait and see approach at the start of the first Trump administration. But it would be a mistake not to engage early and often with Trump 2.0.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies...more

Littler

Nevada Heat Illness Prevention Regulation Approved

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The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations (DIR), the principal regulatory agency responsible for workplace safety and worker protections in the state of Nevada, recently adopted a heat illness prevention regulation to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

New CMS Policies Position the MSSP for Expansion and Increased Savings

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New policies tucked into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule (Final Rule) will likely spur increased Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participation in the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Healing the Healers: Using Value-Based Care Strategies to Mitigate Physician Burnout

This series explores legal issues related to physician burnout and potential solutions, and here we explore the potential impact of value-based care (“VBC”). Our first post addressed how healthcare organizations can foster...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Understanding the Recent Wave of Litigation Targeting Tobacco-Free Wellness Programs

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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) prohibits employers who offer health and welfare benefit plans from discriminating against plan participants on the basis of a health status-related factor, such as a...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Health Care Transaction Laws Unwrapped: Recent Antitrust Developments

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Join us for the final episode of our Health Care Transaction Laws Unwrapped podcast series, where Ropes & Gray antitrust partner Jane Willis and counsel David Young explore the intersection of health care transaction laws and...more

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