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Date	Title	Organization
19 Dec	Thirty-Two Health Care Organizations to Participate in Pioneer ACO Program	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
19 Dec	Supreme Court Announces Dates for Oral Argument on ACA Challenge	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
18 Dec	CMS’ 2012 OPPS Final Rule Revises Physician Supervision Requirements	McDermott Will & Emery
15 Dec	CMS Releases Proposed “Sunshine” Rule	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
15 Dec	Food, Drug & Device Law Alert - FDA Proposes Performance Goals and User Fees for Biosimilars	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
14 Dec	OIG Releases HEAT Training Videos	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
14 Dec	China to Streamline Clinical Trials	McDermott Will & Emery
13 Dec	CMS Issues Final Rule Allowing Access to Medicare Data	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
13 Dec	House End of Year Package Would Cut Hospital Funding More than $17 billion	McDermott Will & Emery
12 Dec	Brominated Battle: Soda Chemical has Cloudy Health History	Center for Public Integrity
12 Dec	FTC Staff Report Summarizes Recent Pay-for-Delay Settlements	McDermott Will & Emery
12 Dec	Final Rule for CO-Ops – “A New Competitive Presence” In The Insurance Marketplace	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
12 Dec	FDA Announces Proposals for Biosimilars User Fees and Performance Review Goals	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
11 Dec	Healthcare Providers: When In Doubt, Self-Report!	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
10 Dec	CMS Releases Final Medical Loss Ratio Rule	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
9 Dec	Securing Health Care for Workers and Small Businesses	U.S. Department of Labor
9 Dec	More Big Pharma Companies Cough Up Big Dollars in DOJ Settlements	Ifrah Law
6 Dec	UK Supreme Court Steps Into line with Europe, but Rejects U.S. Approach	McDermott Will & Emery
5 Dec	US Labor Department Proposes Rules under Affordable Care Act to Crack Down on Health Care fraud, Protect Workers and Small Businesses	U.S. Department of Labor
4 Dec	Is Michael Jackson's Doctor Disqualified from Medicare? Or are Two Senators Mistaken?	Center for Public Integrity
2 Dec	Eighth Circuit Not Ready to Move Away from Traditional Market Definition Process	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1 Dec	Michael Jackson's Doctor, Other Convicted Felons, Still Listed as Medicare Providers	Center for Public Integrity
29 Nov	Is Coming Together to Form the Larger Same (or Multi) Specialty Medical Practice the Answer?	BakerHostetler
28 Nov	Significant Changes to San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance Require Immediate Employer Action; ERISA Preemption Controversy Reopened	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
28 Nov	ANALYSIS: Despite GOP Claims, U.S. Health Care Nowhere Near 'Best' in the World	Center for Public Integrity
26 Nov	CMS Releases its 2012 ACO Application; Pioneer ACOs Advance	McDermott Will & Emery
25 Nov	President Obama Announces Marilyn Tavenner as Berwick’s Replacement at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
25 Nov	OCR Rolls Out HIPAA Audit Program	McDermott Will & Emery
24 Nov	Jackson Park Hospital To Pay $80,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit For Race And Sex Discrimination And Retaliation	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
24 Nov	Health Insurer Charging Unreasonable Rate Increases	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
22 Nov	Unprecedented Tool Developed for Small Businesses to find and Compare Health Insurance Plans	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
22 Nov	CMS Imposes Medicaid Payment Restrictions on Provider-Preventable Conditions	McDermott Will & Emery
22 Nov	Nursing Home Bill Signed by Wisconsin Governor	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
21 Nov	China NDRC Fines Two Pharmaceutical Distributors for Monopolistic Practice	McDermott Will & Emery
21 Nov	Physician Separation Issues	BakerHostetler
20 Nov	HIPAA Privacy and Security Audit Program Begins This Month	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
20 Nov	Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Obamacare as Constitutional: ANALYSIS	Center for Public Integrity
19 Nov	Covered Entities: Be Prepared for a HIPAA Privacy and Security Audit	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
18 Nov	Reminder: New York Employers Now Must Report Whether Health Insurance Is Available to Employees’ Dependents	Vedder Price
18 Nov	DOJ Official Reiterates Threat to Prosecute Criminally Responsible Corporate Officials for Violations of FD&C Act	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
16 Nov	OCR Audits of Covered Entities for HIPAA Compliance to Begin November 2011	Williams Kastner
16 Nov	No Mandatory Antitrust Review for ACOs	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
16 Nov	FTC/DOJ Remove Mandatory Antitrust Review for MSSP-Participating ACOs in Final Policy Statement	McDermott Will & Emery
15 Nov	We Can’t Wait: Health Care Innovation Challenge will improve care, save money, focus on health care jobs	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
15 Nov	FDA Issues Two Draft Guidances To Facilitate Medical Device Clinical Trials in Humans	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
14 Nov	California Consumer Group Pushing Ballot Initiative Requiring Regulatory Approval for Insurance Price Hikes	Center for Public Integrity
14 Nov	Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to ACA	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
13 Nov	ANALYSIS: A new affront group	Center for Public Integrity
12 Nov	D.C. Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of ACA Individual Mandate	von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
9 Nov	Wisconsin Eliminates Income Tax Disparity on Health Coverage for Adult Children	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

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