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Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 8/25/2015

This Week: FDA Begins Device User Fee Talks with Patients and Consumers Sept. 15... CMS Extends Partial Enforcement Delay of Two-Midnight Policy Through 2015... Alaska Legislature Sues Governor Over Medicaid Expansion....more

Defrauding Medicare — A Little Help from the Private Sector?

The Volkov Law Group on 7/30/2015

The headline on Medicare last week was astounding — $60 billion (not million) was lost each year to Medicare fraud, large numbers of fraudulent providers were providing fake or bad addresses – meaning locations including...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/23/2015

This Week: Leading Up to the SCOTUS King v. Burwell Decision... House Votes to Repeal the Medical Device Tax... CMS Announces It Will Bolster Transitional Reinsurance Payments... MedPAC Releases June Report to Congress....more

News from the Health Law Gurus™: Week of May 11th, 2014

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 5/19/2014

News from the Health Law Gurus™ is a weekly summary of notable health law news from around the country with helpful links to related content. ...more

Predictions For Top 10 Healthcare Stories For 2014

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 1/16/2014

The past year was one of the most eventful in recent memory for healthcare policy. As the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") continued its inexorable, albeit at times wobbly, march towards implementation, the headlines became more...more

2013 Healthcare Year In Review

Burr & Forman on 12/12/2013

Bob Dylan's quote from 1964 -- "The Times They Are A-Changin" -- could equally apply to the healthcare industry in 2013. This was the year that the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") came into full public view with the start of the...more

Consumer Fraud Complaints Rise With Rollout of Affordable Care Act Exchanges

BakerHostetler on 11/18/2013

Criminal Prosecutions Expected in 2014 Related to ACA Fraud - Last month's troubled rollout of HealthCare.gov, the federal marketplace for online health insurance enrollment under the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...more

HHS's Mixed Messages: Identifying a Federal Healthcare Program When You See It

BakerHostetler on 11/15/2013

Recent seemingly contrary determinations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have fueled industry speculation regarding whether qualified health plans (QHPs) available on the health insurance exchanges...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - October 2013 - Issue 3

Polsinelli on 11/1/2013

In This Issue: - Top News ..Deal to Raise Debt Ceiling, End Shutdown Yields No Major Changes to Health Care Law ..Problems with HealthCare.gov Website Continue; HHS Working to Fix Issues ..Kaiser Study...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - September 24, 2013

Cozen O'Connor on 9/26/2013

With a week until a potential government shutdown and a week until open enrollment begins, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is in the limelight. On September 20, the House voted for a continuing resolution that funds the...more

Interagency Initiative Targets Consumer Fraud in the ACA Exchange Marketplace

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 9/20/2013

Yesterday, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an interagency initiative to prevent consumer fraud and...more

Healthcare Law -- Aug 19, 2013

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/20/2013

As the Healthcare Landscape Shifts, Four Issues Are Critical to Build Effective Market Access Strategies - In this time of high growth and fast change for the healthcare industry, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - May 2013

Polsinelli on 5/30/2013

In This Issue: - Top News ..Tavenner Wins Senate Confirmation to Head CMS ..US Charges 89 in Nationwide Medicare Fraud Crackdown - State News ..Vermont Becomes Fourth State to Allow Physician-Assisted...more

California Gets Tough on Healthcare Fraud and Abuse: Are You Protected?

Nossaman LLP on 1/31/2013

The industry should take note of new California anti-fraud laws that have recently gone into effect—and the increasing challenges of compliance in a rapidly transforming industry. Even as lawmakers in Sacramento debate how...more

Immigration Alert: January 2013

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/30/2013

In this issue: - H-1B Nonimmigrant Season Opens on April 1, 2013, for Fiscal Year 2014 - Report Finds Immigration Laws Frustrate the Admission of Critical Health Care Professionals - Senators Offer...more

Targeting Healthcare Fraud by Data Mining

The Volkov Law Group on 10/17/2012

The Department of Justice continues to trumpet its healthcare fraud program. Just last week, the Justice Department and HHS announced another nationwide sweep resulting in the arrest of 91 individuals....more

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