Cost Reduction Strategies for Health Care Practices
AI Discrimination and Emerging Best Practices – Part 1 — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 209: North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with Laura Gunter of NCLifeSci
Hospice Insights Podcast - What's the Latest on UPICs? Highlights From Recent Audit Activity, Part II
#WorkforceWednesday®: New DOL Guidance - ERISA Plan Cybersecurity Update - Employment Law This Week®
New State Legislation Increases Oversight of Health Care Transactions - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 208: Extended Reality Technology and the ThinkReality Headset with Mattney Beck of Lenovo
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How the Demise of Chevron Deference and Other Litigation May Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry
New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Understanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The PBM Landscape Explained
Preventative Medicine: Health Care AI Privacy and Cybersecurity – Part 2 — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 207: Long COVID Research & Treatments with Dr. Kashyap Patel of Carolina Blood & Cancer Care Associates
The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
Hospice Insights Podcast: What’s the Latest on UPICs? Highlights from Recent Audit Activity, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 205: Novant Health’s Carolinas Expansion with Senior Vice President Jason Bernd
Navigating the Labyrinth of Private Equity Investments in Health Care – Diagnosing Health Care
On Oct. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for review and let stand a widely watched Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in which the court ruled that the term “willfully” as used in the Anti-Kickback Statute...more
In a recent episode of the Heart of Healthcare podcast, co-hosts Michael T. Esquivel and Halle Tecco, sat down with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, who offered her perspective on the intersection of antitrust...more
On September 24, 2024, OIG released a report recommending that CMS exercise additional oversight of remote patient monitoring (RPM) services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare reimburses RPM for any chronic or acute...more
Treatment and prevention of heart failure are unmet medical needs in the United States. One in every eight deaths in the United States can be linked to this disease. The Keck School of Medicine at USC and the biotechnology...more
Open enrollment season can put a spotlight on the many complex rules applicable to employer-sponsored health and welfare plans. As you announce your benefit offerings for the upcoming plan year and tirelessly work to inform...more
On September 29, 2024, California took a significant step forward in data privacy protection by passing a law that extends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to cover neural data—brain activity and related information...more
With the February 2, 2026 compliance deadline approaching, medical device manufacturers must prepare for FDA’s updated regulations. The new Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) will replace the existing Quality System...more
On October 7, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case concerning the “willfulness” element of the Anti-Kickback Statute (the “AKS”). This decision leaves intact a recent Second Circuit holding, which established...more
A multistate coalition of 44 AGs and the U.S. Department of Justice settled with Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. (Precision) to resolve allegations that it made false claims to multiple federal...more
Under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) implementing regulations, pharmacies must deliver controlled substances to the ultimate user. Common sense, as well as DEA’s...more
The health care industry is anxiously awaiting the First Circuit’s ruling on the standard of causation for actions brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) predicated on a federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violation. The...more
Inventive deal structures are on the rise within China’s life sciences industry, with the “NewCo” model having garnered significant interest among Chinese pharmaceutical companies in recent years. In 2024, several landmark...more
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q2 2024 include: • Life sciences VC deal value reached $10.6 billion in Q2 2024, up more than 30% from Q1, which brings the...more
With less than one month until the presidential election, health care policy issues are at the forefront of voters’ minds, including issues around drug pricing, federal research funding and reproductive rights....more
On September 20, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance detailing the timeline and expectations for states to fully comply with federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...more
The House Ways and Means Committee has postponed discussions on several healthcare bills, including those related to physician pay, due to scheduling conflicts and disagreements over legislative language. This delay affects...more
On September 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted a report entitled, “Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed.”...more
On September 18, the Texas Attorney General (AG) announced a settlement agreement with Pieces Technologies, Inc. (“Pieces”), a Dallas-based healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) research and development firm, resolving...more
Telemedicine, which has been a fertile source of criminal prosecutions for federal prosecutors in recent years, is increasingly generating federal False Claims Act cases. This development is hardly surprising as the U.S....more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its revised guidance summarizing how it intends regulate the use of electronic systems, records, and signatures in clinical investigations to account for advances in...more
On October 3, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its shortage categorization of tirzepatide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medication, marking the shortage as “resolved” for all presentations of the...more
Applicable Provider Types: All - Is Your Entity in Compliance? Recent regulatory language makes clear that most healthcare providers must provide free auxiliary aids and services for patients with disabilities....more
For more than a decade this blog has covered the growing recognition by policy makers and in the peer reviewed literature that traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) of all kinds should not be treated as a static event from which...more
On September 24, the Governor of California approved SB 1061 (the “Act”), which prohibits consumer credit reporting agencies from including medical debt in consumer credit reports. In addition, a consumer reporting agency may...more
Buncombe County's Environmental Health Supervisor Felissa Vazquez met with local restaurant owners at 12 Bones Brewing on the morning of October 8, 2024, to answer questions and advise them on how to reopen their businesses...more
