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Arkansas Law Prohibiting Manufacturer 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions Upheld by 8th Circuit

FDA Law Blog

By Faraz Siddiqui — As drug manufacturers battle the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) in federal courts over the role of 340B contract pharmacies, an Eighth Circuit decision to uphold a 2021 Arkansas law may render those cases inconsequential in that state. Code Ann. § 23-92-604(c)(1), (2) (Act 1103).

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

That changed on October 18, 2021 when the Federal District Court for the District of Hawaii handed down a decision that construed key terms in the statute. Note that EKRA’s reach is broader than the Anti-Kickback Statute, which applies only to “federal healthcare programs” — e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, etc. 18 U.S.C. §

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

That changed on October 18, 2021 when the Federal District Court for the District of Hawaii handed down a decision that construed key terms in the statute. Note that EKRA’s reach is broader than the Anti-Kickback Statute, which applies only to “federal healthcare programs” — e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, etc. 18 U.S.C. §

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Ruling that nursing home arbitration agreement was invalid reversed.

Day on Torts

When the brother was admitted, plaintiff filled out admission paperwork, including an arbitration agreement, as plaintiff had a durable power of attorney for healthcare executed by the brother and naming plaintiff as the attorney-in-fact. National Health Corp. , 3d 876 (Tenn. internal citation omitted). Code Ann. §

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20 Useful Applications of AI & Machine Learning in Your Business Processes

The Process Street

Applications of AI in healthcare Artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry has numerous applications that can improve patient care, diagnoses, and overall efficiency in the industry. Fraud detection AI can be used to detect and prevent fraudulent activities in government programs such as social security, tax, and healthcare.

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Funding for Native healthcare programs, and the Armed Career Criminal Act returns

SCOTUSBlog

To promote tribal self-governance, Congress allows tribes to contract with the Indian Health Service to oversee these programs themselves. The program also provides for the agency to pay the tribe “contract support costs” that the tribe uses to run the program, because it lacks the existing bureaucracy to operate the program.

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Fractured court blocks vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces but green-lights vaccine mandate for health care workers

SCOTUSBlog

Share With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high as a result of the Omicron variant, the Supreme Court on Thursday put the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers on hold, while litigation over its legality continues in the lower courts.

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