radar Health Law Scan

Legal Insights and Perspectives for the Healthcare Industry
We hope you were able to join us for last month's Fast Break on the Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. If not, you missed a great session featuring Eric Knickrehm discussing the important changes the proposed rule would have on Medicare Part B.
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has issued its much awaited decision in United States v. Aseracare, and for those who question how mere differences clinical opinion can ever support punitive False Claims Act (FCA) liability, it is especially informative.
We invite you to join us in Houston on September 12 for our Second Cup of Coffee breakfast series covering the latest legal developments in digital health and healthcare innovation.
In a superheated month of steamy weather and ovenlike temperatures, Health Law Scan turned up the cool with a bracing array of au courant blog posts in August. Beginning with an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s (CMS’s) proposed price transparency program, we analyzed more than a dozen key proposals in the outpatient prospective payment and ambulatory surgical center payment systems 2020 rule and previewed a Fast Break webinar on updates to the physician fee schedule rule.
A final rule released by the US Department of Homeland Security will make it more difficult for foreign nationals who use public benefits to adjust or extend their immigration status in the United States based on their likelihood of becoming a “public charge” in the future.
In this LawFlash, our US labor/management relations team tracks new developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as 2019 progresses.
Please join us for our August 22 webinar, Fast Break: Physician Fee Schedule Update.
Proposed reforms to patent subject matter eligibility in the United States are once again making headlines. With advancements in medical device technologies and the increasing integration of software, patent eligibility considerations implicate a growing realm of medical devices.
We address more than a dozen key proposals from the CMS outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center payment systems proposed rule in a recent LawFlash. Chief among them is the agency’s bold new proposal for a broad price transparency program.
We hosted a very informative Fast Break session last week on complex FCA issues. If you weren't able to join, the session was led by Katie McDermott and Matt Hogan, who are both authorities in False Claims Act (FCA) litigation.