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Hospitals
Hospital Discounts to Uninsured Patients

OIG Activity
OIG Advisory Opinions

OIG Alert: Added Charges for Covered Services

CMS Developments
Unsolicited/Voluntary Medicare Refund Requirements

CMS Accepts Electronic Comments

Pharma
CMP Rule, Guidance Set Gauge for Drug Card Sponsors

Medco Settlement Excludes FCA Claim Citing Compliance Plan Deficiencies

Nonphysician Practitioners
Hospital "Credentialing" of Nonphysician Employees

Compliance
The Evolution of Risk Management to Corporate Compliance and Beyond

OIG Updates Hospital Compliance Program Guidance

AdvaMed Code Curtails Lavish Spending

Reimbursement
CMS Proposes Changes to Reimbursement Appeal Rules

Revised Policies Affect Direct Deposit Medicare Funds

New Changes to Medicare Medical Education Rules

FY 2005 Wage Index: Where Are You Now?

Self-Referral
CMS Sets Criteria for Specialty Hospital Moratorium

EMTALA
New EMTALA Guidance

EMTALA Compliance - Practical Considerations

FCA
First Circuit: Rule 9(b) Applies to FCA Actions

Standard for Dismissal Misapplied in Qui Tam Case

Government Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies in Non-FCA Case

Litigation/ADR
University of Washington PATH Settlement is Largest Yet

Fraud Statute Unconstitutional

Tax
Beyond Saber Rattling: Congress Threatens Aggressive Regulation of Nonprofits

Business
Consider Broker-Dealer Compliance in Stock and Securities Sales

Welcome

In this issue of the Health Law Alert, we welcome Emily H. Wein. Emily is working with health care providers on a range of issues including hospital and physician reimbursement, Medicare fraud and abuse, certification, financings, antitrust, medical staff issues, contracts and tax issues. She is a graduate of Villanova University (B.A., 1998) and the University of Maryland (J.D./M.B.A., 2003). Emily is resident in our Baltimore office.

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