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Novartis Agrees To Pay Over $642M To Settle Improper Payments To Patients And Physicians Allegations

July 8, 2020

The United States Department of Justice announced on July 1, 2020 that New Jersey-based Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Novartis”) has agreed to pay over $642 million in separate settlements resolving claims that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The first settlement pertain[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Addresses Employer Liability For HIPAA Violation

July 4, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated May 15, 2020 in a HIPAA violation case “there is an issue of fact as to whether [the employee’s] conduct was incidental to authorized employment activities. We therefore find that the trial [...]

Federal Civil Fraud Suit Filed Against Anthem, Inc., For Falsely Certifying The Accuracy Of Its Diagnosis Data

July 3, 2020

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York announced on March 27, 2020 that the United States filed a civil fraud lawsuit against ANTHEM, INC. (“ANTHEM”), alleging that ANTHEM falsely certified the accuracy of the diagnosis data it submitted to the Centers f[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Reduces $4.69 Billion Talc Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson By One-Half

June 30, 2020

The Talc Allegations The twenty-two plaintiffs alleged that they developed ovarian cancer after continued use of two of the defendants’ talc products: Johnson’s Baby Powder (“Johnson’s Baby Powder”) and Shower to Shower, including any variation, modification, or extension such as Shower to[...]

Study Finds Medical Malpractice Claims Against Pediatricians Are Decreasing

June 29, 2020

A study entitled “Trends in Pediatric Malpractice Claims 1987–2015: Results From the Periodic Survey of Fellows” published in March 2020 in the journal Pediatrics found: “From 1987 to 2015, the proportion of pediatricians sued has decreased and median indemnity has remained uncha[...]

Study Found Top 1% Of Opioid Prescribers In U.S. Responsible For 49% Of Opioid Prescriptions

June 25, 2020

A study entitled “Opioid prescribing patterns among medical providers in the United States, 2003-17: retrospective, observational study” published on January 29, 2020 in the British medical journal BMJ reported: “In 2017, the top 1% of providers accounted for 49% of all opioid dose[...]

Harvard University Agrees To Pay Over $1.3 Million To Resolve Overcharging NIH Grants Allegations

June 20, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on April 27, 2020 that Harvard University (“Harvard”) has agreed to pay $1,359,791 to resolve allegations that Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) overcharged certain grants funded by the National I[...]

CMS Provides Nursing Home COVID-19 Data And Inspections Results

June 15, 2020

On June 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the first set of underlying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nursing home data. CMS stated: “The data released today shows that as of May 31, 2020, about 13,600 nursing homes – approximately 88 percent of the [...]

Proposed New York Legislation Would Repeal Recently Enacted Ill-Advised Nursing Home Immunity Law

June 14, 2020

Stated within the April 2020 New York budget bill known as the Emergency Or Disaster Treatment Protection Act, commonly referred to as “30-D,” were provisions that relaxed record-keeping requirements and immunized health care providers, including nursing home operators, from criminal and[...]

250 Nursing Home Resident Advocacy Organizations Implore U.S. Senate To Avoid Granting Immunity To Nursing Homes

June 11, 2020

In a letter dated May 28, 2020 addressed to the leaders of the U.S. Senate, 250 organizations throughout the United States that advocate on behalf of the 1.3 million nursing home residents in the United States implored the U.S. Senate “to strongly oppose granting immunity to nursing homes duri[...]

Study Highlights Need For “Investment In And Exploration Of New Approaches To Fetal Surveillance In Labor”

June 10, 2020

A study published on February 19, 2020 in JAMA Network was designed “To investigate whether experienced clinicians can detect and respond to abnormal readings from CTGs [cardiotocography] during the penultimate hour before birth in infants with moderate to severe NE [neonatal encephalopathy] b[...]

U.S. Department Of Justice Announces National Nursing Home Initiative

June 7, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 3, 2020 the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents, focusing on some of t[...]

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