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Terence P. McCourt; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 Massachusetts recently became one of a number of states to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Regulations issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health are effective on May 24, 2013, enabling individuals to register to use medical marijuana. Massachusetts employers should...
| | OCR Announces Free HIPAA Omnibus Rule Webinars
Stephanie D. Willis; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) are co-sponsoring four upcoming webinars to help smaller health care providers feeling overwhelmed by the 138-page HIPAA Omnibus Rule better understand HIPAA compliance and enforcement topics. The...
| | Jury Finds Tuomey Healthcare System Guilty Of Stark and False Claims Act Violations Pursuant To Physician Employment Agreements
Waller Lansden Dortch Davis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 Following a month-long retrial, a South Carolina jury has concluded that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. (Tuomey) violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by illegally paying referring physicians. The jury found that Tuomey’s compensation arrangements with referring physicians were...
| | An In-Depth Look at the Fraud Charges Against Vitas Hospice Services
Waller Lansden Dortch Davis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 Earlier this month, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a suit against Vitas Hospice Services, L.L.C. and its subsidiary entities (“Vitas”) alleging that Vitas submitted false claims for hospice services which were excessive, unnecessary, or not provided,...
| | $39 Million Jury Verdict in False Claims Act Suit against Tuomey Healthcare
Scott Ewing, Jeremy D. Kernodle; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 Last week, a federal jury in South Carolina found that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for reimbursement to the United States, resulting in $39 million in damages to the government. United States ex rel. Drakeford v. Tuomey...
| | Certificate of Need Regulations Finalized and Released
Vincenzo Carannante, Joan W. Feldman, Alex J. Hwang, David M. Mack, William J. Roberts; Shipman & Goodwin LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 Attached please find the Office of Health Care Access’s (“OHCA’s”) final Certificate of Need (“CON”) regulations. Overall, the regulations are very similar to the proposed regulations issued in 2010. However, please see below for a brief summary of what we...
| | Five Takeaways from the OIG’s Special Advisory Bulletin on Exclusion
Ellyn L. Sternfield; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 10, 2013 This week the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued an updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs, an update that was more than thirteen years in the making.
| | OIG Issues Updated Bulletin on Exclusions from Federal Health Care Programs
Anna Schwamlein Howard, Jeremy Shapiro-Barr, Douglas B. Swill; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 On May 8, 2013, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an updated bulletin titled, “Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs.” The updated bulletin replaces the...
| | Affordable Care Act Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Minimum Value, Actuarial Value and Accreditation
Erin Jones Adams; Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 On February 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final rule (the Final Rule) setting forth standards for health insurance issuers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Affordable Care Act). Specifically, the Final Rule outlines exchange and...
| | Notice of Health Exchange Coverage Options Guidance Released
Tiffany D. Downs, Scott V. Wagner; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 14, 2013 Executive Summary: The Affordable Care Act added section 18B to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires certain employers to send out notices to employees regarding the availability of the state-based Health Insurance Exchanges ("Exchange Notice"). Under the FLSA, these...
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