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In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, Morgan Lewis is publishing a series of posts on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan throughout the month of February on issues impacting the rare disease community…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain healthcare activities. Among other requirements, all healthcare providers…
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/ Civil Rights, Health
Through the issuance of Inauguration Day executive orders, the Trump Administration signaled its apparent intent to tackle drug pricing reforms over the next four years. However, Biden-era policies are likely to limit a…
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/ Health
First passed into law in 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) received its first major update in 2020 by way of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), through which the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
The enormous impact of Medicare Stars Ratings on payments received by Medicare Advantage plans cannot be overstated. And with billions of dollars in bonus payments at stake, it may come as no surprise that stringent standards…
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/ Health
Bipartisan efforts to lower prescription drug costs remains a core focus for the US Congress. Effective October 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the follow-on cohort for its coinsurance…
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/ Health
Through its passage, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ushered in several reforms directed at rising prescription drug costs, aiming to lower costs for Medicare enrollees and reduce spending by the federal government. Included…
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/ Health
At the end of last year, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an Advisory Opinion (AO 23-11, the Opinion) in which OIG approved an arrangement where a medical device…
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/ Health
Shortly after our prior blog post discussing the need for healthcare entities to shore up protections against phishing attacks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…
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/ Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
Phishing, the act of impersonating a person or business to deceive a target into revealing sensitive information, has quickly become the tool of choice for scammers and cybercriminals. In 2023, the Federal Bureau of…
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/ Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Final Rule today to implement a minimum staffing “floor” for nursing homes in the United States, as first announced on April 22. The Final Rule, which as proposed…
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/ Health
The Boston Bar Association hosted its fifth annual White Collar Crime Conference on May 2, 2024, featuring prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts (the Office) and the Office of the…
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/ Criminal Law, Health
As noted in our recent LawFlash, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (CFETF) recently released its annual compilation report of its efforts to combat fraud related to pandemic relief…
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/ Government Contracting, Health
The old adage—March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb—didn’t quite hold true for the hospice sector, which experienced a late-month flurry of activity. The government gave the hospice sector a lot to consider, from…
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/ Health
Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), signed into law last year, is here and goes into effect on March 31, 2024, with small businesses having until June 30, 2024 to comply…
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/ Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
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