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August 27, 2010 Vol. VIII Issue 33

Articles and Analyses

In Pennsylvania Products Liability Decisions, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers May Lose A Little, But Gain A Lot By Alan Klein and Fletcher Moore, Duane Morris LLP

DHHS

Obama Submits Budget Amendment For HHS

Fraud and Abuse

Sixth Circuit Vacates Physician’s Sentence For Healthcare Fraud Finding Lower Court Erred In Applying Vulnerable-Victim Enhancement Health Law Digest

Update

Healthcare Reform

Administration Says Physicians Should Embrace Healthcare Reform

Agencies Issue Guidance On Federal External Review Process For Health Plan Decisions

HIPAA

Michigan Supreme Court Rules HIPAA Permits Ex Parte Interviews With Treating Physicians Health Law Digest

Insurance

U.S. Court In New Jersey Finds Insurance Companies Not Required To Pay Certain Facility Fees Charged By Surgical Center Health Law Digest

Life Sciences

Judge Blocks Federal Funding For Stem Cell Research Health Law Digest

Medicaid

CMS Says It Will Process Florida’s Medicaid Waiver Request Under Section 1115(a) Rather Than 1115(e)

Medicare

CBO Says Medicare Payment Fix For Physicians Would Cost $330 Billion Over 10 Years

CMS Accepted Over $43 Million In Claims For Drugs Found To Be Less-Than-Effective, OIG Says

U.S. Court In Arkansas Grants Hospice Provider Temporary Restraining Order Staying HHS Enforcement Of Regulation For Calculating Medicare Hospice Provider Cap Health Law Digest

Pharmaceuticals

AARP Finds Retail Prices For Common Brand Name Drugs Rose 8.3% In 2009