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Morrison & Foerster LLP

The FTC and DOJ Enlist the Public in Latest Attack on Serial Acquisition Strategies

On May 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division announced a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking information from the public to “identify serial acquisitions...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Announces Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) Accelerated Payments to Part A Providers and Advance Payments to...

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Recognizing the ongoing impact of the cyberattack experienced by Change Healthcare/Optum on February 21, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced over the weekend that it will allow Part A providers...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Amidst Ongoing Manufacturer Restrictions, 340B Covered Entities and Contract Pharmacies Get Creative

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Although 340B-participating covered entities likely don’t need the reminder, numerous manufacturers continue to significantly restrict 340B pricing available via traditional “bill to/ship to” contract pharmacy models, with...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Health Care Fraud Self Disclosure Protocol: You Discovered Misconduct… Now What?

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When a company decides to self-disclose misconduct (or conduct that may be construed as such) to the government, that decision triggers a stream of additional questions. In the weighty deliberations about whether and what to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

MSPV 2.0 Is Dead – Long Live MSPV

It’s official: the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) Medical Surgical Prime Vendor (“MSPV”) 2.0 Program is no more. The VA has announced that it will not revive MSPV 2.0 following several unusually painful protests at...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: CMS Expands Accelerated/Advance Payment Program to Assist Providers Impacted by the Pandemic as AHA and Members of...

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On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an expansion of Accelerated and Advance Payments Program (the “Program”) for providers and suppliers impacted by the COVID-19 public health...more

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Top Three Reasons ACOs Should Use Telehealth and Telemedicine

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Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) can share costs of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services among their hospitals, providers/suppliers, and other ACO participants, according to federal regulations under the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Skeletons in the Closet? Beware of Potential Enforcement Actions

With Halloween looming, a discussion of skeletons that may be lurking in a health care provider’s closet is timely. Many of our previous posts, as well as the monthly Qui Tam Updates published by our Health Care Enforcement...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

MSSP Final Rule ACO Eligibility Requirements, Application and Renewal Process

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This is the second post in Health Care Law Today’s series on the final rule. This post addresses Eligibility Requirements, and the Application and the Renewal Process. ACO Eligibility Requirements - Under the...more

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DME Suppliers, Get More Information on Your Medicare Appeals

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A new Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) website offers intel on reimbursement appeal status, but does little to speed up the appeal process or eliminate the current backlog. It does, however, provide useful...more

The Volkov Law Group

CCO Challenges in the Healthcare Industry

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Chief Compliance Officers have a tough job. It does not matter what industry they are working in, CCOs face a myriad of challenges. The healthcare industry, however, has its own set of challenges. While there has been...more

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What Is Driving Stepped Up Government Health Care Enforcement? – Interview with Hope Foster, Member, Mintz Levin

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Health law attorney Hope Foster, Chair of Mintz Levin's Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice, discusses what is driving the increase in government health care enforcement and how providers, suppliers, and manufacturers...more

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