This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for March 2024. We summarize a US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision interpreting the intent standard under the federal...more
4/24/2024
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Appeals ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Stark Law
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for June 2023. We discuss several civil enforcement actions involving false claims, the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more
7/31/2023
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity between August 21 and September 20, 2022, including a guilty plea from a telemedicine physician who wrote prescriptions for...more
10/7/2022
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Biotechnology ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
Nurses ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency ,
Technology ,
Telehealth ,
TRICARE
In this installment of the Healthcare Enforcement Quarterly Roundup we cover several topics that have persisted over the past few years and identify new issues that will shape the scope of enforcement efforts in 2020. In this...more
2/7/2020
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Compounding ,
Drug Distribution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
Opioid ,
Overpayment ,
Pain Management ,
Pharmacies ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Stark Law
President Trump has issued an Executive Order instructing several federal agencies to begin rulemaking processes intended to increase the transparency of hospital pricing. Among other measures, the Executive Order directs the...more
6/28/2019
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Affordable Care Act ,
American Hospital Association ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Healthcare Costs ,
New Legislation ,
Price Transparency ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Trump Administration