Expert Analysis

Dispelling 10 Myths About Health Provider-Based Compliance

Congress appears intent on requiring hospitals to submit provider-based attestations for all off-campus outpatient... (more story)

A Look At HHS' New Opinion On Patient Assistance Programs

A recent advisory opinion from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General follo... (more story)

2 Anti-Kickback Developments Hold Lessons For Biopharma

The U.S. Department of Justice's Anti-Kickback Statute settlement with QOL Medical and a favorable advisory opinio... (more story)

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Olshan-Led Investor Picks Proxy Fight With Healthcare REIT

Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, guided by Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, said it nominated two candidates to National Health Investors Inc.'s board of directors on Wednesday, arguing that conflicts of i... (more story)

Digital Health Co. Beats Some Claims In SPAC Investor Suit

A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed, with leave to amend, claims in an investor suit against a blank check company that took digital health equipment venture Butterfly Network Inc. public, finding that so... (more story)

Mallinckrodt Fails To Halt Airgas' Generic Nitric Oxide Drug

A Delaware federal judge has rejected Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals' attempt to block French industrial gas company Airgas Healthcare from selling a generic version of its inhaled nitric oxide treatment, saying... (more story)

Merck Investor Sues Over Gardasil China Market Projections

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging it overstated global demand for its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil, damaging investors when it reveal... (more story)

Paul Hastings, Cooley Lead Obesity-Focused Aardvark's IPO

Obesity-focused Aardvark Therapeutics Inc. began trading Thursday after pricing a $94 million initial public offering at the bottom of its range, represented by Paul Hastings LLP and underwriters' counsel Cool... (more story)

Bausch Health Beats Suit Over 'Faking' Financial Stability

Pharmaceutical company Bausch Health Cos. Inc. and its top brass have beaten, for now, a proposed class action accusing them of misleading shareholders about threats to the company's financial stability, with ... (more story)

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Warby Parker Hit With $1.5M Fine After HHS Breach Probe

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it has imposed a $1.5 million fine on Warby Parker Inc. following a cyberattack on the eyewear manufacturer's website that exposed the p... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Backs TTAB's Denial Of Health Co.'s Proposed TM

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board correctly denied a healthcare management company's bid to register "Formularyhub" because it's a descriptive term, the Federal Circuit said Thursday.

Meta Should've Preserved Health Tracking Data, Judge Says

A California federal judge considering sanctions against Meta for deleting data in privacy litigation over a Facebook tool's collection of patient health information said Wednesday that he's not convinced Meta... (more story)

Tech Co.'s Software Doesn't Meet CMS Needs, Judge Says

A Court of Federal Claims judge denied IntelliBridge LLC's attempt to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from seeking bidders for its hybrid cloud product engineering and operations contract, f... (more story)

Walgreens Says $1B COVID Testing Award Must Be Nixed

Walgreens is urging a Delaware federal judge to rethink his decision enforcing a $987 million arbitral award to a lab testing and diagnostics company in a dispute over COVID-19 tests, arguing Tuesday that he i... (more story)

Attys Talk AI Risks, Compliance At Health Law Conference

Amid the generative artificial intelligence boom, the healthcare industry is navigating the challenge of incorporating new technology — such as automated clinical documentation and fraud detection algorithms —... (more story)

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COVID Fraud Drove Record FCA Caseload, Gov't Officials Say

Federal officials said that the record-setting number of whistleblower False Claims Act cases filed in 2024 was likely driven by COVID-19-related fraud, with the use of data mining having an outsized role in those cases.

Boston, Other Cities And MassBio Back Challenge To NIH Cuts

The city of Boston and 44 other cities, counties and elected officials around the country and, separately, the life sciences industry group Massachusetts Biotechnology Council asked a Massachusetts federal jud... (more story)

Feds Say DC Judge Can't Bar 'Hypothetical' Spending Freezes

A Justice Department attorney argued before a D.C. federal judge Thursday that there is no basis to continue blocking the Trump administration from implementing a blanket suspension on federal spending, saying... (more story)

Dems Seek Answers, Reversals For 'Reckless' VA Cuts

Democrats in Congress asked Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins to justify how firing 1,000-plus VA employees could possibly benefit veterans, and they called on him to reverse the cuts, stating that th... (more story)

AmerisourceBergen Strikes Settlement In 401(k) Fee Suit

AmerisourceBergen and a proposed class of workers who alleged their employee 401(k) plan was saddled with excessive recordkeeping and administrative costs have struck a settlement deal to resolve the dispute, ... (more story)

HHS Rescinds Guidance On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday rescinded guidance for health plans and insurers on complying with the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination provisions with regard to gender-affi... (more story)