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

JURIST

The Court held in favor of the appellant, David Dubin, who was convicted of healthcare fraud for overbilling Medicaid for services provided to a patient. ” The Court claims that applying the interpretation of the statute advanced by the government, these people would be subject to serve at least two years in federal prison.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether contract support costs must be paid by Indian Health Services

JURIST

In a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision , the court found that third-party reimbursements could not be excluded under its statute. In contrast, a Tenth Circuit decision found that third-party expenditures could fall under contract support costs. The Supreme Court heard this issue because of the split among the circuit courts.

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Dismissal based on statute of limitations affirmed; court relied on judicial notice of court file

Day on Torts

Where the trial court took judicial notice of items from the court case underlying a tort action for invasion of privacy, abuse of process, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, it did not convert the motion to dismiss to a motion for summary judgment and dismissal of the claims based on the statute of limitations was affirmed.

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — In a recent decision, the Second Circuit upheld the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)’s position that Pfizer’s proposed copay assistance program for its high-cost heart treatment would violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Pfizer, Inc.

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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

Mondaq

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

JURIST

The appellate court ruled that the mandate is not unconstitutional, as was argued in the initial lawsuit filed in 2020 by healthcare provider Women’s Med Group and three of its patients. People who undergo abortions can choose to take custody of the remains and dispose of them on their own accord.

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

FDA Law Blog

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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