Health Law & Managed Care

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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Dec 7 2015	Health Care Reform - Departments Issue Final Rules Under ACA	Poyner Spruill LLP
Dec 7 2015	OIG Reports on, Proposes Alternatives to Medicare Part B Reimbursement for 340B Drugs	McDermott Will & Emery
Dec 7 2015	CMS Finalizes Two New Exceptions and Modifications to Stark Law	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Dec 7 2015	House To Possibly Consider Amended Reconciliation Bill; House Committee To Hear Testimony From Acting Administrator Slavitt; CMS Justifies Payment Cut Under The Two-Midnight Rule	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec 7 2015	2016 Expected to Be Monumental Year for 340B Drug Discount Program	Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec 7 2015	Africa Update for December 3, 2015	Mintz
Dec 7 2015	Illinois Workers' Comp: Are Petitioners Required to Submit AMA Impairment Rating Reports Into Evidence?	Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Dec 7 2015	Identifying and Satisfying Conditional Payments by Medicare Advantage Plans	Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Dec 6 2015	Million Dollar HIPAA Settlements Are About Compliance, Not Harm to Individuals	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec 4 2015	D.C. Circuit: When Government Is Silent, There Is No FCA Liability For Contractor’s “Objectively Reasonable” Interpretation Of Ambiguous Contract Provision	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec 4 2015	Impact of Health Insurance Co-Op Liquidations on Providers	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec 4 2015	Healthcare Worker Gives New Employer Patient Records, Old Employer Pays $15,000 to NY Attorney General For HIPAA Violation	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec 4 2015	Another State (NY) Enforces HIPAA – Settles Case with Health Center	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec 3 2015	“Operation Spinal Cap” Sees Former Hospital Executive, Physicians Charged for Their Roles in Kickback Scheme	McDermott Will & Emery
Dec 3 2015	China Expands Telemedicine Programs to Provinces	Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec 3 2015	Reconsidering Certificate of Need Laws – Federal Antitrust Agencies Urge Reform of the Certificate of Public Need Program in Virginia	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec 2 2015	When Do Data Security Breaches Cause Substantial Consumer Harm? Lessons from the LabMD FTC Complaint Dismissal	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec 2 2015	OIG Proposes Alternative Part B Payment Methodologies for 340B Drugs: Is This the End of 340B As We Know It?	Mintz
Dec 2 2015	West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Affirms Sufficiency of Pre-Suit Certificate of Merit	Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Dec 2 2015	Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Contraceptive Mandate Cases	Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec 2 2015	LDT Update: FDA and CMS Testify Before the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Following Year of Debate on Oversight of LDTs	Covington & Burling LLP
Dec 1 2015	Medicare Issues Final Rule Requiring Bundled Payments for Inpatient and Post-Acute Care Services for Hip and Knee Replacements in 67 Geographic Regions	Holland & Hart LLP
Dec 1 2015	Telemedicine Going Global in 2016	Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov 30 2015	Privacy and Security: Highlights from the HHS Inspector General’s 2016 Work Plan	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov 30 2015	CMS’s Top 7 Changes to Stark Law	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov 30 2015	Don’t Forget to Amend Cafeteria Plan for New Permitted Election Change Events	Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov 30 2015	New York Passes Emergency Medical Marijuana Law	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov 30 2015	Communications Compliance: Are Messaging Applications Leaving Your Organization Vulnerable to HIPAA Liability?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov 30 2015	DC Circuit: No False Claims Act Liability for Reasonable, Good Faith Interpretations of Ambiguous Regulations	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov 30 2015	DOJ Announces Postponement of Release of Proposed Web Accessibility Regulations for Public Accommodations Until 2018	Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov 30 2015	Senate Republicans Eye Obamacare Repeal Measures In Reconciliation Bill; HHS-OIG Evaluates 340B Payments; CMS Releases Notice Of 2017 Benefit And Payment Parameters	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov 30 2015	Agencies Extend Comment Period on Proposed Changes to Clinical Research Rules	Mintz
Nov 29 2015	Business Associate Agreements and County Hospital/Nursing Home Collaborations	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov 29 2015	Health Care Providers Continue to Lag Behind Patient Demand for Digital Communications	Covington & Burling LLP
Nov 27 2015	EEOC Proposed Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Rule Permits Incentives in Wellness Programs for Spouse Health Information	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov 26 2015	Hacking Health Care: When Cybersecurity Can Mean Life or Death	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov 26 2015	Cal/OSHA Proposes Workplace Violence Prevention Standards in Health Care	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov 25 2015	Canada Sets Deadline for Electronic Filing-Only of DMFS	Keller and Heckman LLP
Nov 25 2015	Gross Negligence for Georgia ER Negligence Cases	Stark & Stark
Nov 24 2015	Recent Telehealth Survey: Providers Are Catching On	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov 24 2015	Second Circuit Reminds Healthcare Providers to Seek Relief from Insurance Companies Under Their Own Contracts, Not the Insureds’ Contracts	Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Nov 24 2015	New Stark Law Exception Allows Hospitals, FQHCs, and RHCs to Assist Physicians with Engaging Non-Physician Practitioners	Dickinson Wright PLLC
Nov 24 2015	Health Care Law Update for November 23‚ 2015	Mintz
Nov 24 2015	November 2015 New Jersey Health Care Regulatory Developments	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Nov 23 2015	It’s (Not) Academic: Cybersecurity Is a Must for Universities and Academic Medical Centers	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov 23 2015	But We Need You to Work More Than 40 Hours This Week! Overtime and the Health Care Employer	Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov 23 2015	Federal Trade Commission Reaches Agreement to Halt Promotion of Medical Discount Cards	American University Washington College of Law
Nov 23 2015	OIG’s 2016 Work Plan: Mixed Results for 2015 and New Data Mining and Policy Efforts in 2016	McDermott Will & Emery
Nov 23 2015	Congressional Hearing Examines Competition in PBM Industry	Mintz
Nov 23 2015	Determining Eligibility for Medicare Parts C and D	Stark & Stark

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