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02/21/13 Supreme Court Rules for FTC in Hospital Merger Case

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Willard Tom, Swati Rawani, Jonathan Rich

Holding in Phoebe Putney case narrowly construes state-action exemption to antitrust laws.

September 2012 Recent FTC Hospital Merger Challenges: An Update, Antitrust Health Care Chronicle

Outside Publication | Article
David Brenneman, Thomas Lang

06/20/12 OIG Self-Disclosure Protocol Redesign After 14 Years

LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
Arianne Callender, Howard Young

Agency seeks industry comment on self-disclosure protocol to address issues and provide guidance to healthcare industry.

05/03/12 HHS Plugs Payment Suspensions as Key Tool in Latest Takedown

LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
Kathleen McDermott, Arianne Callender, Howard Young, Eric Sitarchuk

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force's use of a pivotal ACA regulation to suspend payments during criminal investigations signals a turning point in its prosecution strategy.

03/29/12 HACs, Readmissions and VBP: Hospital Strategies for Turning Lemons into Lemonade, presented at the Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, Baltimore, MD

Presentation | Speech
Andrew Ruskin

12/21/11 CMS Issues Transparency Reporting Proposed Rule

LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
Rebecca Osowski, Kathleen McDermott, Jonathan Havens, Michele Buenafe

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule, which will implement Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, clarifies several definitions, provides further information on reporting requirements, and offers guidance on submitting required information.

10/31/11 FTC/DOJ Final Policy on Accountable Care Organizations: Important Antitrust Issues Remain Uncertain for Healthcare Collaborations

LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
Stephen Mahinka, J. Everett, Jr., David Brenneman, Albert Shay

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) (together, the Agencies) issued their final "Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the Medicare Sha... more

10/06/11 Physician-Owned Distributors and Agency Guidance: Still Waiting

LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
Arianne Callender, Howard Young

Agencies' recent responses to Senate call for action on physician-owned distributors offer few details on policies. Stakeholders must await CMS rulemaking and OIG study for possible answers.

06/16/11 HHS Proposed Rule Creates New Access Report Obligations And Amends Existing Accounting of Disclosures Provisions, BNA's Health Law Reporter

Outside Publication | Article
Heather Deixler, W. Reece Hirsch

06/14/11 HHS Issues Proposed Rule; Creates New Access Report Obligations and Amends Existing Accounting of Disclosures Provisions

LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
FDA & Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Employee Benefits Practices

On May 31, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) creating a new requirement that covered entities produce an "access report" informing individuals of all ... more

06/13/11 Seventh Circuit Embraces Use of “One Purpose” Standard Under Anti-Kickback Statute

LawFlash/Client Alert | FDA and Healthcare LawFlash
Howard Young, Daniele Capasso, Albert Shay

Recently, in United States v. Borrasi ,[1] the Seventh Circuit aligned with the Third, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in determining that the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)more

06/08/11 Transparency Update: Vermont Revises Disclosure Form and Seeks Comment on 2011 Draft Consolidated Disclosure Guide

LawFlash/Client Alert | FDA and Healthcare LawFlash
Lee Rosebush, Kathleen McDermott, Michele Buenafe

The State of Vermont regulates expenditures and gifts to healthcare professionals and entities by manufacturers of prescribed products (medical device, pharmaceutical, and biological products entities). Such entities with repor... more

06/07/11 The Compliance Revolution Will Be Televised: As Government Turns Up Heat on Healthcare Fraud, OIG Videos Offer Practical Compliance Pointers

LawFlash/Client Alert | FDA and Healthcare LawFlash
Kathleen McDermott, Arianne Callender

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) has garnered headlines for its coordinated Medicare fraud criminal swee... more

05/24/11 Medicare ACOs: Details From the Fraud and Abuse Perspective (an American Health Lawyers Association webinar)

Presentation | Webinar
Kathleen McDermott

Morgan Lewis partner Katie McDermott participated in AHLA's hosted webinar on "Medicare ACOs: Details From the Fraud and Abuse Perspective" on May 24, 2011. The much-anticipated proposed regulations regarding the Medicare Shared ... more

Outside Publication | Article
Michele Buenafe

06/29/10 Healthcare Reform Roundtable: Healthcare Reform Meets Hospital Operations

Presentation | Speech
Healthcare Reform Team

04/13/10 Healthcare Reform Law: Issues Affecting Hospitals and Health Systems

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Andrew Ruskin, Albert Shay

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), includes substantial changes that will affect how hospitals of all types... more