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As of December 23, health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates (collectively, regulated entities) must comply with new reproductive health care privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Enforcement will begin against the backdrop of a pending lawsuit challenging the validity of the new protections and an incoming Trump Administration with an uncertain enforcement posture.
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Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and compliance tips. We bring you the most recent and significant insights in an accessible format, concluding with our main takeaways — aka “And the Fox Says…” — on what you need to know.
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This past July, we reported on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) release of the 2025 proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rules. CMS has now released the 2025 final rules, though they will not be published in the Federal Register for several more weeks.
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Health Care Counsel Gayland Hethcoat will lead a session on California’s Data Exchange Framework (DxF) at the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ (CSHA) 2024 Fall Seminar in Sacramento, California, on November 15, 2024.
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The United States awoke on November 6 to a changed and improbable political landscape. The nation has re-elected Donald J. Trump as President and has given him a US Senate Republican majority and potentially a US House of Representatives Republican majority as well. As fatigued and steadfast local and state election workers continue to sort through ballots, we continue to look to the finalization of tallies for some remaining Senate and House races to determine the nature and size of Congressional majorities.
ArentFox Schiff has been nationally recognized with 35 top rankings in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®, which honors firms for professional excellence based on consistently positive ratings from clients and peers.
Health Care Practice Leader Douglas Grimm will co-lead a CLE webinar on the new 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Final Rule process for the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Education Center on November 7, 2024.
On October 28, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a nonprofit corporation that coordinates health care for privately insured patients does not qualify for tax exemption under Section 501(c)(4) because it is not “operating exclusively for the promotion of social welfare.”
How Massachusetts senior living providers need to be thinking about the recently enacted Long Term Care Reform Law and a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services audit of nursing homes.
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In a significant move toward regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, Assembly Bill (AB) 3030 will require health facilities, clinics, and physician practices in California to provide disclaimers to patients about their use of generative AI (GenAI).
Expanding on the peer review protections established in Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System, the California Court of Appeal in Dignity Health v. Mounts held that a wide array of medical staff communications regarding peer review and patient care are absolutely protected from legal liability.
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On September 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047, one of the most ambitious efforts yet to establish a comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework in the United States.
On September 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 3129. The proposed law sought to regulate health care transactions involving private equity and hedge funds.
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