AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice - Reimbursement Audits and Appeals
Podcast: Direct Access Laboratory Testing: Reimbursement & Compliance – Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Maximize and Safeguard Reimbursement Through Design - Diagnosing Health Care
HealthLaw HotSpot - A Look at Alternative Reimbursement Models in Value-Based Care
The Important and Thriving Role of Private Medical Practices
Value-Based Care and Its Impact on Providers
The Year Ahead: Litigation Hot Spots at a Glance
Teleworking: Amazing or amazingly complex?
(Video) Reimbursement of College Tuition and Fees After COVID-19
Value-based health care: compliance infrastructure
K&L Gates Triage: 340B Eligibility - Hospital Covered Entities
Value-based health care: fraud & abuse laws
Value-based health care: issues for pharmaceutical companies
Condo Water Invasion: Potential Medical Liability?
ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more
Summary - On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in False Claims Act cases. In United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., it unanimously held that liability under the False Claims Act depends...more
The US Supreme Court brushed aside novel assertions from two pharmacy retailers on June 1 and ruled unanimously that False Claims Act liability hinges on whether defendants subjectively believed their claims were “false.” In...more
Ruling in case involving national retail pharmacies rejects the “objective reasonableness” standard for the False Claims Act - On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously vacated the 7th Circuit's decision in U.S....more
On April 18, the Supreme Court heard oral argument and what has been billed as the most important False Claims Act (FCA) case in a decade. Since the FCA was enacted in the Civil War era, it has been the primary tool for the...more
Oral arguments are scheduled for April 18, 2023, in the Supreme Court case combining two Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals cases U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc. (“SuperValu”) and U.S. ex rel. Thomas Proctor v. Safeway,...more
The American Conference Institute is hosting the 21st Annual Rx Drug Pricing Boot Camp in New York. With both federal and state law makers engaging in greater scrutiny of prescription drug pricing, now is the time when...more
Drug Pricing Initiatives: Debate continues regarding the drug pricing measures pending in Congress. On June 22, 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden released legislative principles that, among other things, would...more
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of telemedicine as a means of providing patients with access to safe and quality medical care through the use of technology... Originally...more
On April 1, 2021, the California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) will be transitioning all Medi-Cal pharmacy benefits from managed care to fee-for-service (“FFS”). This new system to administer FFS pharmacy...more
On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year 2021 Final Rule implementing changes to the Medicare hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory...more
On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule. CMS proposes to reduce OPPS payments for 340B drugs from...more
Value-Based Purchasing, Multiple Best Prices, Expanded Alternative URA, and other MDRP Drug Pricing Changes in Proposed Rule - On June 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a major...more
In this episode, Ryan Severson and Victoria Hamscho discuss recent developments in pharmaceutical pricing and the 340B Drug Pricing Program heading into 2020, including reimbursement cuts for 340B drugs under the Outpatient...more
The Department of Justice announced late last month that pharmaceutical manufacturers Wyeth and Pfizer would pay $784 million to resolve a False Claims Act investigation and qui tam lawsuit arising from Wyeth’s failure to...more
CMS Finalizes Medicaid Prescription Drug Rule – On January 21, 2016, CMS finalized a rule detailing reforms to the rebate and reimbursement systems for Medicaid prescription drugs, which the agency estimates “will save...more
Personalized medicine can be described as the science of targeted therapies. Advances in diagnostic and molecular medicine have made it possible to more precisely identify alternative treatment options for patients based on...more
In a recent Alert, the Mintz Levin Health Law Practice and ML Strategies provided a comprehensive look at recent developments in Massachusetts health policy. In addition to a detailed report on recent Health Policy Commission...more