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2012: Issue 7

  • Why EMTALA is Worth Another Look: Enforcement on the Rise
  • Walgreens Settles Gift Card False Claims Act Allegations
  • Massive Criminal Takedown Is Latest Salvo in Government's Intensified Campaign Against Health Care Fraud and Abuse

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2012: Issue 6 - Focus on HIPAA/Privacy

  • It's Coming: The HIPAA/HITECH Rule; What To Expect and What To Do Now
  • Relief for Eligible Professionals? Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule Includes Important (Potential) Exceptions
  • OCR Settles with Small Physician Practice for HIPAA Violations

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2012: Issue 5

  • Website Coupons and Advertising from Health Care Providers Approved by OIG
  • CMS Extends Community Based Transition Program

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2012: Issue 4 - Focus on Long Term Care

  • Health Care Reform: Independent Informal Dispute Resolution Coming to a State Survey Agency Near You
  • New CMS Grant Focuses on Nursing Facility Residents to Solve Hospital Readmission Issue
  • CMS Prevention and Wellness Services Beneficial in Long Term Care Setting
  • OIG Okays Purchasing Structure Outside of Strict Compliance with Discount and GPO Safe Harbors
  • HITECH Breach Enforcement Announced: BCBS Settles with OCR for $1.5 Million

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2012: Issue 3

  • Understanding the Use of Misdemeanors in Healthcare Enforcement

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2012: Issue 2 – Focus on Fraud and Abuse

  • Providers Beware: OIG Alert Highlights FCA Liability Under Contractual Reassignment
  • CMS Publishes Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol Settlements
  • Blowing the Whistle on Whistleblowers
  • "Worthless Services" May Create Liability Under False Claims Act
  • Supreme Court Endorses Nursing Home’s Use of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreement

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2012: Issue 1 – Focus on HIPAA/Privacy

  • Uncertainty Regarding eRx Hardship Exemption Requests to Continue in 2012
  • Is Your Research Data Safe? Aligning HIPAA and the Common Rule
  • HIPAA Considerations in Evaluating Cloud Computing
  • California (and Texas) Increase Privacy Requirements
  • Texas (and California) Increase Privacy Requirements
  • Getting Paid Faster and Easier: New HIPAA Electronic Transfer Standards Rule

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2011: Issue 7 – Focus on Antitrust

  • Final ACO Antitrust Enforcement Statement Won’t Deter Procompetitive ACOs
  • The Noerr-Pennington Exemption: Freedom to Stifle Impending Competition — Maybe
  • DOJ Steps Up Antitrust Enforcement Against Health-Plan/Provider Restraints on Competition
  • The FTC’s Interpretation of the State-Action Exemption
  • Five Things Directors of Nonprofit Health Care Providers Can Learn from Lemington Home
  • What Every Hospital Should Know Before Implementing a Mandatory Flu Shot Policy
  • Participants in Medicare Part C and Part D May Now Be Considered Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
  • Providers Benefit from False Claims Act’s First-to-File Rule

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2011: Issue 6 – Focus on Long Term Care

  • Seeking Shelter During Uncertain Times: Assessing the Federal Quality Assurance Privilege
  • Administrative, Actuarial and Regulatory Hurdles Are Too Much for the CLASS Act
  • Maryland's Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Form Delayed
  • Consultant Pharmacist - Is Independence Necessary?
  • Five Lessons Learned (the Hard Way?) for In House Counsel

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2011: Issue 5 – Focus on Fraud and Abuse

  • OIG Ceases Exclusion Efforts Against Forrest Labs CEO – Not All Corporate Officers
  • OIG Warns That Arrangements Between CPAP Suppliers and Sleep Labs Pose F&A Risks
  • Online Referral Service Proposes to Charge for Services, Raises OIG Concerns
  • Metadata Standards for EHRs: A Sneak Preview of Meaningful Use Stage 2?
  • CMS Provides Guidance on the Elder Justice Act’s Reporting Requirements
  • Are Local IRBs Going the Way of the Dodo? Historic Proposed Changes to the Common Rule
  • The FTC’s Interpretation of the State-Action Exemption

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2011: Issue 4 - Focus on HIPAA/Privacy

  • HIPAA Audits Are Coming: KPMG Contracted to Perform 150 Audits Through 2012
  • Why You Need to Worry AGAIN about HIPAA: Seven Practical Tips in the New Electronic Age
  • Breach Reporting Plans: Practical Preparation for the (Almost) Inevitable Breach
  • Corrective Action Plans Can Mean Significant Compliance Monitoring Requirements
  • UCLA Resolves Privacy and Security Rule Violations

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2011: Issue 3 – Focus on Antitrust

  • Some Practical Lessons from the ProMedica Hospital Merger Decision
  • Timing and Hold Separate Agreements in Mergers: When to Fold, Hold or Call
  • Accountable Care Organizations: More Guidance, but at what Cost?
  • Dominant Hospitals, Dominant Insurers, and Exclusionary Conduct
  • Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Compliance – Seven Ounces of Prevention

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