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Healthcare is an area of law that is constantly evolving, with the Affordable Care Act provisions still rippling through the industry, and privacy and data protection concerns requiring constant vigilance, the National Law Review covers the latest developments in the Health Care Industry. The National Law Review offers analysis of news coming out of Congress related to health care legislation, as well as covering state and local laws related to health care.

Readers will also find an extensive list of cases, news, and up-to-date information on various topics in the healthcare and managed care sector. Litigation, regulatory actions being taken against doctors or pharmacies, mediation and arbitration, and coverage of the latest in drug pricing, the opioid epidemic, employer-healthcare coverage options, and legal news about health and hospital systems and physician groups.

The National Law Review covers news related to Medicare and Medicaid, to CMS funding, changes to IPAs, PHO, HMO, MSO, and other entities. Readers will find information related to managed care, assisted living facilities, at-home care, and news/legislation from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Additionally, regulations and updates released by the FDA are covered, as well as changing state and federal regulations related to telehealth and telemedicine are also on the site.

Cybersecurity in health care and compliance with HIPAA are major concerns for the industry. Additionally, Ransomware developments and other data security breaches have required a greater emphasis on safeguarding patient-records and information. More compliance and restrictions are in place for doctors/hospitals sharing patient records, HIPPA regulations have become more stringent, and e-health records, have seen a number of changes in how hospitals and doctors’ offices, deal with patient-record management internally. The National Law Review offers expert legal analysis on changing regulations related to healthcare.

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Nov 8 2016	CMS Ban on Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements on Hold for Now	Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov 8 2016	CMS Delays Enforcement of Part D Prescriber Enrollment Requirements	Mintz
Nov 7 2016	Fifth Circuit Upholds Omnicare Decision for Lack of Supporting Evidence of Kickback Violation	McDermott Will & Emery
Nov 7 2016	Traditional Treatment for UTIs in Doubt	Stark & Stark
Nov 7 2016	West Virginia Supreme Court Issues Rare Medicaid Payment Decision	Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov 4 2016	CMS Releases CY 2017 Final Rule Implementing Changes to Outpatient Prospective Payment System	McDermott Will & Emery
Nov 4 2016	New Developments in Implementation of Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC)	Covington & Burling LLP
Nov 4 2016	Conflicts of Interest, Development Foundation Activities, "Fit For Service" Board: Corporate Law and Governance November 2016 Update	McDermott Will & Emery
Nov 3 2016	Government Agency Denies Funding to Nursing Homes Requiring Arbitration Clauses	Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers
Nov 3 2016	Proposed Rule to Strengthen State Medicaid Fraud Control Units	Polsinelli PC
Nov 3 2016	New Presidency Will Compel Action in Key Areas of Health Care in 2017	Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov 3 2016	Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule Finalizes Limits for Off Campus Departments	Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov 3 2016	Health Care: Renewed Perils from “Zeroing Out” Corporation at Year-End	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Nov 3 2016	Health and Human Services Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Cloud Computing	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov 3 2016	Brexit and the EU’s Reaction, Tech and Digital Single Market Policies, Communication and Media Policies: EU Policy Update	Covington & Burling LLP
Nov 2 2016	Seventh Circuit Hands FTC Another Geographic Market Definition Victory in Chicago Hospital Merger Case	McDermott Will & Emery
Nov 2 2016	FTC Again Finds Success in High-Profile Hospital Merger Appeal	Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov 1 2016	Investing in Cuban Health Care Biotech Industries	McDermott Will & Emery
Nov 1 2016	FDA Working to Modernize Medical Device Reporting in Hospitals	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov 1 2016	Hospital Adverse Event Reporting System to be Intergrated Into FDA NEST Program	Mintz
Nov 1 2016	Student Health Insurance Subsidies Catch Another Break	Mintz
Oct 31 2016	October 17, 2016 New Jersey Health Care Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Oct 31 2016	Managing the Transition to Transformation: Old Dog, New Tricks: Fraud and Abuse in the Age of Payment Reform	McDermott Will & Emery
Oct 31 2016	Transgender Teenager’s Death Leads to ACA § 1557 Discrimination Suit Against Hospital	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct 31 2016	FDA and CMS Permanently Establish Parallel Review	Covington & Burling LLP
Oct 31 2016	Seventh Circuit Applies Escobar’s Materiality Standard to (Again) Reject False Certification Claim	Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct 31 2016	CMS, FDA Parallel Review Program for Medical Devices Extended Indefinitely	McDermott Will & Emery
Oct 30 2016	Colleges/Universities Granted Extended Relief for Premium Reductions in Connection with Student Health Insurance	Armstrong Teasdale
Oct 28 2016	Making Sense of the MACRA Final Rule - Part 1 of 3: Essential Concepts	Polsinelli PC
Oct 28 2016	Missouri Court Awards $70 Million in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Lawsuit	Stark & Stark
Oct 28 2016	A Stick to Balance the Carrot: ONC Finalizes a New Framework to Address Non-Conformities in Certified Health Information Technology	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct 28 2016	Oral Arguments Held In Closely Watched Agape Case	McDermott Will & Emery
Oct 28 2016	Commercial Insurers Urge Congressional Budget Office to Consider their Telemedicine Data	McDermott Will & Emery
Oct 27 2016	Healthcare Subsidies for Grad Students: Problem Solved?	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 27 2016	Restrictions on Fees Permitted Under HIPAA for Copies of Medical Records	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Oct 27 2016	OCR Explains How Information Blocking Violates HIPAA	McDermott Will & Emery
Oct 27 2016	Supreme Court Implied False Certification Case Reargued to First Circuit	Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct 26 2016	New FSA Limit for 2017 May Necessitate Annual Open Enrollment Materials Update	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct 26 2016	New Clinical Trial Rule Alters Reporting Requirements	Polsinelli PC
Oct 26 2016	Life Care Centers of America, Inc. Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Lawsuit Alleging that the Nursing Home Company Billed Medicare and TRICARE for Unnecessary Medical Services; Agrees to Pay $145 Million	Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Oct 25 2016	CMS Publishes Final Rule Implementing MACRA	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct 25 2016	Telehealth Innovation in Texas: Has Texas Gotten A Bad Rap?	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct 25 2016	Lessons Learned from FCA Settlement Involving Waiver of Medicare Coinsurance Amounts	Mintz
Oct 24 2016	California Federal Court Finds That 2015 TCPA Safe Harbor Applies to Automated Flu Shot Reminders	McDermott Will & Emery
Oct 24 2016	MSHA Releases “Safest Year in Mining History” Stats and Vows to Keep Inspector Boots on the Ground to Stave Off October’s “Deadliest Month” Trend	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct 24 2016	January 1st is Quickly Approaching – Have you Reviewed your Health Plan for Section 1557 Compliance?	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 21 2016	Enhanced FMLA Fitness-for-Duty Certification Provides Comfort to Employers	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 21 2016	Department of Health and Human Services Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Cloud Providers	Covington & Burling LLP
Oct 21 2016	Top Five Takeaways from MedPAC’s Meeting on Medicare Issues and Policy Developments — October 2016	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct 20 2016	Office for Civil Rights Clears Air with Cloud Guidance	Polsinelli PC

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