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Nelson Hardiman, LLP

Cracking the Whip: The FTC’s Clampdown on Healthcare Marketing

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The American reverence for entrepreneurial spirit and free enterprise is reflected in the profound influence of capitalism on our healthcare system. In contrast to many other advanced industrialized countries with state-run...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CMS Restricts Marketing Companies From Sharing Medicare Beneficiary Data

Half of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. This extensive growth, which represents a doubling of MA enrollment since 2010, has been driven in part by an extensive network of insurance agents...more

Venable LLP

NAIC Working Group Approves Revisions to Regulate Health Insurance Lead Generators

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This August, a working group sponsored by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the "NAIC") unanimously approved revisions to the NAIC's Unfair Trade Practices Act Model #880 (the "Model Law") to restrain...more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

Medicare Advantage Marketing in 2023: Recent CMS Compliance Updates

In 2021, a Medicare Advantage advertisement featuring former NFL star quarterback, Joe Namath, was placed in the spotlight because of some potentially misleading claims. Though the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Heightens Oversight of TPMO Marketing Programs, Restricts TV Advertisements

In May, we discussed the final rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Final Rule”) issued by the Centers for Medicare and...more

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Vermont Regulatory Action: A Reminder that Insurers Must Maintain Oversight of their TPA and PBM Business Partners

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The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (the “Department”) recently took significant enforcement action against an insurer after determining that the insurer had violated various provisions of Vermont’s insurance laws,...more

Smart & Biggar

Rx IP Update - February 2019

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Orders of prohibition relating to polymorphic form patent for PRISTIQ upheld on appeal - As previously reported, the Federal Court, in a pair of decisions, granted orders prohibiting Apotex and Teva from marketing their...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Cracking down on medical hype could cut $30 billion in wasted costs

When reformers look for ways to slash the ever-higher costs of American medical care, one line item should leap from television screens, print pages, and radio broadcasts: How does the nation benefit from medical enterprises...more

Dickinson Wright

Healthcare Legal News Volume 5 Number 2

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According to a recent study by Accenture, by 2017 approximately 18 percent of the American public will purchase insurance through exchanges versus relying on traditional employer healthcare coverage or foregoing insurance...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

CMS Announces Proposed Rule Implementing the ACA's MLR Requirements for MA and Prescription Drug Plans

On February 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Proposed Rule, effective calendar year (CY) 2014, implementing the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA)...more

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