Health Care Partner Stephanie Trunk will speak at the American Conference Institute’s Proficiency Series on Rx Drug Pricing & Rebate Fundamentals on November 19.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a Special Fraud Alert on November 16, 2020 (the Alert) regarding a common practice within the pharmaceutical and medical device industry known as “speaker programs.”
Calling it a “straightforward inquiry,” the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit recently opted to expand access to the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (the MSP Act) private right of recovery to Medicare Advantage “downstream actors.”
The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) continues to issue and extend waivers under Governor Newsom’s March 30, 2020 Executive Order, which authorized the DCA to temporarily modify licensing and staffing requirements for healthcare professionals licensed under the California Business and Profession
Twenty-four Arent Fox LLP practices have been recognized in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” rankings that are published annually by US News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
In a Public Notice released today, the FCC announced that its “Connected Care Pilot Program” (Pilot Program) application filing window will open on Friday, November 6, 2020, at 12:00 pm ET and will close on Monday, December 7, 2020, at 11:59 pm ET.
The Sixth Circuit has issued an important decision that condemns plan provisions that provide different benefits based on a patient’s need for continued dialysis, even if the provision applies to all dialysis patients and not just those with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
The Government Relations practice at Arent Fox will host Health Care Practice Co-Leader Douglas Grimm in a webinar about cybersecurity issues impacting the health care supply chain.
The Determination of Need Program (certificate of need in other states) of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DON Program) has for many years had a moratorium on accepting and reviewing applications for construction that would add new nursing home beds to the healthcare system.
Health Care Practice Co-Leader Douglas Grimm will present about fraud and abuse investigations in the telehealth industry at Palmetto Care Connections’ Telehealth Summit of South Carolina on October 9.
With increased financial pressure on the health care delivery system, there is likely to be an increase in health care provider financial restructurings.
On September 24, 2020, the California Court of Appeal shed additional light on meeting the public interest requirements in anti-SLAPP motions in its opinion of Murray v. Tran (Cal. Ct. App., Sept. 24, 2020, No. D076104).
California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1237 (SB 1237), broadening the certified nurse midwife (CNM) scope of practice, among other changes to the Nursing Practice Act and other Sections of the Business and Professions Code.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the landmark privacy law making waves since taking effect earlier this year, has continued to evolve as legislators and the California Office of the Attorney General refine and clarify its requirements.
For the first time, California has granted nurse practitioners who meet certain qualifications a separate scope of practice. This eventually will allow them to practice specified medical functions independently, without standardized procedures.
Arent Fox Partner David Greenberg is presenting on health care policy issues at Gallagher’s ‘2020 Election: Healthcare Policy Outcomes & Impacts to Plan Sponsors’ virtual town hall.
