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Allen Matkins

Incoherent (And Therefore Unconstitutional) California Physician Gag Law Repeal Is Now Effective

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In 2022, the California legislature enacted statutory changes ostensibly to limit the spread of misinformation and disinformation about COVID-19 by licensed physicians.  2022 Cal. Stats. ch. 938 (AB 2098)...more

Epstein Becker & Green

SCOTUS Lets National Practitioner Data Bank Safeguards Stand

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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case challenging the sufficiency of due process protections in the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) and National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), effectively...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

CMS’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: What Health Care Providers Need to Know

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published their much-anticipated rules mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Court upholds Ohio law criminalizing physician participation in abortions based on Down syndrome

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A federal appeals court issued a decision on April 13, 2021, upholding an Ohio law that prohibits providers from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or on the possibility of a diagnosis. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Triage in 2019: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

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As K&L Gates begins its third season of Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals, Hilary Bowman previews several topics that the health care practice group anticipates will have a significant impact on...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Year End Review: A Look Back…A Look Ahead

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Perhaps the single most appropriate word to describe the current state of the civil and criminal healthcare fraud enforcement environment is uncertainty. From changes in personnel and policy at the highest levels of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Revoked: CMS's New Take on Record Retention and Access

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Recently, we have noticed an alarming increase within the Spilman footprint of revocations by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") of physicians' Medicare billing privileges. In particular, CMS has been...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

North Carolina Law Requires Nurses to Comply with Police Demand for Blood Draw

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The drawing of blood by healthcare providers for law enforcement purposes has been big news lately. In June, the North Carolina Supreme Court held in a case of first impression that North Carolina’s implied consent statute...more

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