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Date	Title	Organization
8 May	Press Coverage Triggers HIPAA-Related Inquiry	Mintz
8 May	A Sign of the Times: Nonpayment of Resident Accounts, Transfer/Discharge and Related Issues	Poyner Spruill LLP
8 May	Essential Health Transaction Planning for Providers in Today’s Antitrust Enforcement Climate	McDermott Will & Emery
7 May	IRS Requests Comments on Minimum Value and Reporting Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery
7 May	CMS, CCIO, and IRS Release Guidance Proposals on Employer Health Insurance Coverage	Mintz
7 May	Understand FDA’s Authority Over Your Records: Interim Regulation & Guidance Under FSMA	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
7 May	Medicare Fraud Strike Force Bust Involves Highest Amount of False Billings in a Single Takedown	Mintz
6 May	Sunshine Act Implementation Delayed Until 2013	Mintz
5 May	IRS to Pay Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims for Tax Periods Ending Before April 1, 2005	McDermott Will & Emery
4 May	Senators Seek Input from Health Care Community on Fraud and Abuse Prevention	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
4 May	Open Letter from Senate Finance Committee Seeks Fraud-Fighting Input	Mintz
4 May	HHS Plugs Payment Suspensions as Key Tool in Latest Takedown	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
3 May	FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Use of Nanotechnology in Cosmetics	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
3 May	OIG Advisory Opinion 12-05 Approves Consumer Rewards Program	Mintz
2 May	The Supreme Court’s Caraco Pharma. v. Novo Nordisk Decision: Scope of Counterclaim Provision Expanded	ArentFox Schiff LLP
2 May	Updated FMLA Forms	Vedder Price
2 May	HHS Releases Guidance on Medical Loss Ratio Requirements	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
1 May	Preparing for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Healthcare Decision	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
30 Apr	Massachusetts House Votes to Repeal Gift Ban Law	Mintz
30 Apr	Providers Should Be Alert to New CMS Provider Enrollment Revalidation Processes	McDermott Will & Emery
30 Apr	Medical Doctors, PhDs Enter New Apprenticeship Program	U.S. Department of Labor
28 Apr	Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Fees Assessed on Health Plans	McDermott Will & Emery
27 Apr	Medicare Board of Trustees Report Trust Exhaustion in 2024	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
27 Apr	Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Health Care Fraud Enforcement	Mintz
26 Apr	Receive a Grand Jury Subpoena? What’s a Health Care Provider to do?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
22 Apr	FDA Finalizes Benefit-Risk Determination Methodology for Certain Medical Devices	McDermott Will & Emery
21 Apr	The Rising Cost of HIPAA Violations: $100,000 Fine Levied on Physician Group	Mintz
20 Apr	Eurand v. Mylan –A “School Of Obviousness"	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
20 Apr	Manufacturers Affected by Recent Medicare Part D Rule	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
19 Apr	Fourth Circuit Vacates Stark Damages Award; Provides Interpretation of Key Stark Law Provisions	McDermott Will & Emery
18 Apr	CMS To Pay Hospitals Over $3 Billion for CMS’ Miscalculation	Mintz
17 Apr	Supreme Court Reverses In Caraco Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
16 Apr	Industry Trends in Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement	Mintz
15 Apr	CMS Selects 27 ACOs	Mintz
15 Apr	CMS Issues Final Rule Impacting Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Programs for Contract Year 2013	Mintz
13 Apr	China Solicits Comments on Draft Rules for Writing Periodic Safety Update Reports	McDermott Will & Emery
12 Apr	Draft Biosimilars Approval Guideline Released by FDA: More Questions than Answers?	Vedder Price
11 Apr	CMS’ Proposed Rule Delays ICD-10 Deadline to October 2014	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
10 Apr	China Continues to Encourage Establishment of Non-Public Medical Facilities by Non-Governmental Entities	McDermott Will & Emery
9 Apr	China: Companies are Urged to Pay Social Insurance for Expatriate Employees	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
9 Apr	Rockford Returns — Part II Court Grants FTC’s Preliminary Injunction Against Hospital Merger to Preserve Status Quo for Preliminary Hearing	Mintz
9 Apr	FDA Issues Draft Guidance Implementing Direct-to-Consumer Television Ad Pre-Dissemination Review Program	McDermott Will & Emery
6 Apr	Healthcare Tops the Agenda of U.S. Antitrust Enforcers	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
5 Apr	Agencies Release Final Regulations and FAQs Regarding Summary of Benefits and Coverage ("SBC") Requirements	ArentFox Schiff LLP
4 Apr	Five Key Issues to Consider When Negotiating In-License Agreements With Nonprofit Entities Part I	Mintz
4 Apr	DHHS Publishes Final Rule on State Insurance Exchanges	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
4 Apr	CMS Issues Final Rule Holding Part C and D Sponsors to Quality Standards	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
2 Apr	FDA Issues Guidance on Risk-Benefit Determinations for New Medical Devices - Food, Drug & Device Law Alert	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
2 Apr	Can't Touch This - Supreme Court Finds Personalized Medicine Patent Claims Invalid	Bracewell LLP
1 Apr	HHS Issues Report to Congress on the Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol	Mintz

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