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Turning Radiation Oncology Challenges into Solutions: Kurt Sysock's RADformation

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In the world of radiation oncology, precision is paramount. Every millimeter matters when it comes to treating cancer patients with radiation therapy. But what happens when the very technology designed to save lives becomes a...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead: Delivering Breakthrough Treatments Affordably - September 15th, 1:00...

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Scientific advances in understanding how to manipulate genes to alter the course of disease are now starting to bear fruit. Cell and gene therapies will bring hope to those with conditions once thought to be incurable or...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

AseraCare FCA Ruling Is A Boon For Health Providers

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All hospice providers routinely should assess risk exposure under the False Claims Act — now with the benefit of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s long-awaited decision in United States v. AseraCare Inc. ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

11th Circuit: Difference in Opinion Not Enough for FCA Liability

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The 11th Circuit’s long-awaited AseraCare opinion requires more than mere disagreement regarding clinical judgment to prove falsity under the False Claims Act. The 11th Circuit rejected the government’s theory of falsity...more

Troutman Pepper

Eleventh Circuit Says Difference Of Opinion Does Not Establish Falsity In False Claims Act Case

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On September 9, in a setback for AseraCare but an overall win for hospice providers, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Northern District of Alabama decision to grant a new trial in a False Claims Act (FCA) case against...more

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Differences in Clinical Judgment Do Not Create FCA Liability for Hospice Provider

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The Eleventh Circuit agreed with the trial court that the government must do more than present expert evidence that a physician’s clinical judgment was inaccurate to establish falsity under the False Claims Act. Nonetheless,...more

Carlton Fields

US v. AseraCare: Eleventh Circuit Holds That Contradictory Clinical Judgments Alone Cannot Trigger FCA Liability

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In a long-awaited decision, the Eleventh Circuit concurred with the lower court’s standard for determining falsity under the False Claims Act (FCA) — reasonable disagreement between medical experts alone is not enough to...more

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Go figure: In era of Big Data, numbers and statistics still bedevil medicine

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Big data and numbers may seem to drive the world these days, but human factors can play a dizzying role when it comes to statistics and medical treatments....more

Hogan Lovells

Eleventh Circuit Confirms: Mere Difference of Opinion Between Physicians Does Not Establish Falsity Under the False Claims Act

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More than two years after the Northern District of Alabama granted summary judgment in a False Claims Act (FCA) case in favor of AseraCare Inc., holding that “contradiction based on clinical judgment or opinion alone cannot...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Proposes To Shift Hospice Funding From Routine To Enhanced Care Days

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With the FY 2020 proposed hospice rule, CMS proposes two material changes for hospice providers: • CMS proposes to shift approximately $500 million of hospice funding (2.7% of payments) from routine care to enhanced care...more

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