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US Supreme Court rules in favor of healthcare provider in identity theft dispute

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United States that in order to constitute aggravated identity theft, the use of a person’s identity must be at the “crux” of what makes the conduct criminal, reversing a lower court decision. “The statute fails to provide even rudimentary notice of what it does and does not criminalize,” he wrote.

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US federal court reverses ban on law requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains

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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Monday reversed a preliminary injunction previously implemented to bar the enforcement of an Indiana law requiring fetal remains to be either buried or cremated by clinics that provide abortion. The laws require that only abortion providers either bury or cremate fetal remains.

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United States: U.S. Supreme Court Holds Healthcare Entities Not Liable For Emotional Injury Damages Under Certain Anti-Discrimination Statutes - Akerman LLP

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Healthcare facilities and other entities receiving federal financial assistance can breathe a little easier after a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last week barring the.

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Supreme Court Finds CMS’ Reduction of Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment Rates for 340B Hospitals was Not Authorized by Statute

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The hospitals argued that the profits helped them offset the considerable costs of providing healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured in low-income and rural communities, something that Congress was well aware of and intended when it passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Im­provement, and Modernization Act in 2003. Becerra, No.

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ACLU sues Idaho over legal opinion expanding abortion restrictions

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The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.” Considering the unborn as party to the doctor-patient relationship may impact future court decisions. In January, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld the state’s near-total ban on abortion.

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Second Circuit Decision A Reminder that Alleged FDCA violations don’t always equal FCA violations

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Last month the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss a False Claims Act (FCA) ( 21 U.S.C 3729) quit tam suit, alleging that Grifols USA, Grifols Biologicals, Grifols, S.A.,

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SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute

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Supreme Court narrowed the scope of a federal aggravated identity theft statute. Facts of the Case Petitioner David Dubin was convicted of healthcare fraud under 18 U.S.C. The issue before the Court was whether, in defrauding Medicaid, he also committed “[a]ggravated identity theft” under 18 U.S.C. 1028A(a)(1).

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