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October 14, 2011 Vol. IX Issue 40


 

Top Stories

House Democrats Warn Against Cost-Shifting In Letter To Deficit Reduction Panel
  Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter dated October 14 to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urged the panel not to increase the Medicare eligibility age as... Full Story
OIG Finds Proposal For Physician Investment In Path Lab Problematic Health Law Digest
  A proposed arrangement under which physicians would invest in a company that would provide pathology laboratory management services to a third party could potentially generate prohibited... Full Story

Articles and Analyses

Final Rule Implements State Requirements for Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors By Lori A. Wink, Elizabeth A. Elias, and Rachel S. Delaney, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.

Antitrust

FTC Requires Certain Divestitures For Teva’s Acquisition Of Rival Cephalon Health Law Digest

EMTALA

U.S. Court In Vermont Allows Negligence, EMTALA Screening Claims Against Hospital Health Law Digest

Food and Drug Law

Senators Introduce Bill Aimed At Speeding Access To New Medical Devices

Fraud and Abuse

OIG Says Proposal To Co-Manage Cataract Surgery Patients Would Not Generate Prohibited Remuneration Health Law Digest
Update
U.S. Court In Kentucky Finds Questions Of Intent, Presentment Preclude Summary Judgment In FCA Case Health Law Digest

Healthcare Reform

Liberty University Asks High Court To Review Decision Finding Anti-Injunction Act Barred Reform Law Challenge

Healthcare Spending

Provider Groups Ask Deficit Committee To Reject Proposals That Shift Costs To States

Insurance

HHS Posts First Round Of Information On Insurance Rate Increases
House Republicans Urge HHS To Reconsider Proposed Database For Risk Adjustments
U.S. Court In Michigan Finds TRICARE Beneficiary Has Standing To Sue Government Health Law Digest

Medicaid

AHIP Releases Proposal For Increasing Care Coordination For Dual Eligibles
Final Rule Implements State Requirements for Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors By Lori A. Wink, Elizabeth A. Elias, and Rachel S. Delaney, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.

Medical Malpractice

Vermont High Court Rules Consulting Doctor Owes Duty To Patient In TelePsychiatry Study Health Law Digest

Medical Records

U.S. Court In New Jersey Declines To Compel Hospital To Provide Medical Records Health Law Digest

Medicare

CMS Posts Parts C And D Plan Ratings For 2012
U.S. Court In D.C. Holds HHS Properly Disallowed Certain Federal Matching Funds Paid To Arkansas During Transition Period For New UPLs Health Law Digest

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