OIG Approves Health Screening Incentives
January 11, 2013
On January 3, 2013, the OIG published Advisory Opinion 12-21, in which OIG approved certain health screening incentives proposed to be offered by a federally qualified...
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HHS Issues Guidance on Federal/State Partnership Health Exchanges
January 10, 2013
On January 3, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued new guidance to states planning on partnering with the federal government to...
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FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds for 2013
January 10, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") today announced increased reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (t...
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The Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol: Where Are We Now?
January 10, 2013
The Medicare Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) offers a method for providers and suppliers to resolve actual or potential violations of the physician self-referral...
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OIG Seeks Input On Safe Harbors & Special Fraud Alerts
January 9, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") has asked for recommendations to help develop new or revised safe harbors to the...
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Shale Gas and Other Unconventional Resources: A Practitioners Guide
January 9, 2013
Barclay R. Nicholson , a partner in the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., was chosen to co-author the US and Canada chapter in Global...
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H.R. 8 Provides a Doc-Fix but Also Includes Significant Health Care Offsets
January 8, 2013
On January 3, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8), which postpones sequestration until the beginning of March 2013 and...
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Pros And Cons Of Proposed Medicare Smart Cards
January 8, 2013
On Nov. 28, 2012, the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled "Examining Options to Combat Health Care...
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Certain PPACA Provisions Became Effective January 1, 2013
January 7, 2013
On January 1, 2013, many reform provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") became effective. Specifically, the following...
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OFAC Publishes Final Rule Amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations to Codify Existing Sanctions
January 4, 2013
On December 26, 2012, the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published a final rule amending the Iranian Transactions and...
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HHS Settles Breach of 441 Patients’ Data for $50,000 + Corrective Actions
January 3, 2013
On January 2, 2013, the United States Department of Health and Human Services' ("HHS") Office of Civil Rights announced a settlement with the Hospice of...
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Hospital May Have Liability Under Consumer Law or for Negligent Credentialing
December 28, 2012
A hospital could be held liable for violating a state consumer protection law for entrepreneurial, commercial, or business actions, according to a recent decision by the...
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Federal Court Dismisses Relator Lawsuit Alleging False Claims for Hospital Failure to Provide Direct Supervision of Outpatient Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services
December 28, 2012
On December 14, 2012, the United States District Court, District of Minnesota, dismissed a qui tam relator lawsuit alleging that a hospital violated the federal False...
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WakeMed Agrees to $8 Million Settlement for Wrongful Medicare Billing Practices
December 28, 2012
North Carolina-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals has agreed to pay an $8 million settlement to the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") in order to resolve a...
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FDA Signs Statement of Cooperation Regarding Medical Device Auditing with Brazil, Australia, and Canada
December 27, 2012
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On November 27, 2012, the FDA signed a statement of cooperation ("SOC") with the food and drug administration agencies of Brazil (the Brazilian Health...
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