Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

fraud scheme Nursing home must face vaccine-related wrongful firing claim, but not $2M retaliation accusations Transgender woman sues employer, Harvard Pilgrim for discrimination MICHIGAN 48-unit senior housing development could go up next to Vicksburg Halls in Marysville Can ads help a Michigan nursing home fix a staffing crisis?

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Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

expansion Trident Medical Center to hold hiring event at Topgolf Thursday; 20K signing bonus for RNs Beaufort ranked healthiest county in SC, but the least healthy county is nearby SOUTH DAKOTA Avera and Sanford receive combined $3.5 buys industrial property in Rancho Cordova for $5.12

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Tammany Health System create new residency program CHRISTUS nationally recognized for high-quality heart care Behind Ochsner LSU Health’s multimillion-dollar tech upgrades MAINE Millinocket hospital schedules renovation after $3.5M medical school to revamp philanthropic efforts Sage Health opening 3 central Md.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Tammany Health System create new residency program CHRISTUS nationally recognized for high-quality heart care Behind Ochsner LSU Health’s multimillion-dollar tech upgrades MAINE Millinocket hospital schedules renovation after $3.5M medical school to revamp philanthropic efforts Sage Health opening 3 central Md.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Artificial intelligence and health equity were two key themes discussed during #HIMSS21, and Dr. Halamka’s concerns echoed through the week-long event. The Pew Trusts recently discussed prospects for the FDA to regulate AI in health care.

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Hall Render

JUNE 7, 2024

News ranks hospitals in health equity. These hospitals earn top honors.

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Hall Render

APRIL 15, 2022

FDA clarifies cybersecurity recommendations for device makers in new guidance. Huntsville Doctor Charged with Health Care Fraud Conspiracy. to settle fraud, kickback charges. of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to hold second nurse recruiting event. Maryland physician to pay $500K billing fraud settlement.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 7, 2022

FDA expands use of Pfizer vaccine, green-lights boosters for children 12-15. Empower Healthcare to pay $1 million penalty in Medicaid fraud settlement. fraud case in Arkansas. Funds misrouted to ‘unknown bank account’: Florida GI group hit with data breach, wire fraud. fraud case in Arkansas.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Grifols gets FDA approval for new facility in Clayton Invitae pledged $115M, 374-job investment in North Carolina. Million Individuals Affected by MOVEit Hack MARYLAND Adventist HealthCare, Montgomery College form partnership to address need for qualified nursing workforce Harford Memorial Hospital closing set for Feb. Many more are waiting.

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Hall Render

MAY 31, 2024

Vincent Named President of the Association of Black Cardiologists Arkansas Children’s Hires Morse as Chief Administrator for ACNW Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals partners raise $5.4 area philanthropist opens women’s wellness center in Bethesda D.C. public relations firm strikes second acquisition after landing PE investment D.C.’s

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Hall Render

MAY 19, 2023

SOUTH CAROLINA Grand Strand hospitals hope to see positive impact from Certificate of Need repeal McMaster signs South Carolina’s certificate of need repeal Newly-passed bill allows MUSC to move forward with delayed Nexton Hospital build Prisma Health records $31.7M million to strengthen healthcare in WV Top Doctors Named Across W.Va.

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Hall Render

JUNE 14, 2024

nursing homes to pay $4M over claims of substandard care Mass. officials take aim at anti-abortion centers with new public awareness campaign Massachusetts, DC loosen CRNA supervision requirements Nursing home chain with 3 Central Mass.

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Hall Render

JULY 19, 2024

in funding, despite fraud concern FLORIDA 2nd system adopts Amazon’s checkout-free technology Ascension Sacred Heart Bay’s Cancer Center moved onto main campus Baptist Health expanding in Mandarin Baptist Health to open its ER and imaging center in St. News & World Report Ranks ChristianaCare No. So what, exactly, is for sale?

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Hall Render

MARCH 8, 2024

DC Health moves to Anacostia with high hopes for community impact VIP health system for top US officials risked jeopardizing care for rank-and-file soldiers Health workers partner with churches to target kidney disease among DC’s Black residents DELAWARE ChristianaCare taps population health exec from Virtua ChristianaCare’s medical director takes (..)

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Hall Render

AUGUST 26, 2024

AG says they have buyer for Sharon Regional Medical Center Pregnancy-related deaths in Pennsylvania rose by almost 80% in one year, new data shows New court documents suggest potential fraud in Pennsylvania health facilities RHODE ISLAND Lifespan in position to acquire two Steward hospitals; Mass.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 23, 2024

AG says they have buyer for Sharon Regional Medical Center Pregnancy-related deaths in Pennsylvania rose by almost 80% in one year, new data shows New court documents suggest potential fraud in Pennsylvania health facilities RHODE ISLAND Lifespan in position to acquire two Steward hospitals; Mass.

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Hall Render

JUNE 28, 2024

Pritzker joins health officials, advocates to redouble HIV/AIDS prevention efforts Illinois Man Indicted on Several Fraud Charges Linked to COVID Pandemic INDIANA Franciscan Alliance sued by Indy physician for breach of contract, interfering in practice Hamilton County hospital surge comes amid closings elsewhere IU Health’s $2.3B

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Million Health Care Fraud Conspiracy in Idaho Orthopedic activity in the 5 most underserved states St. Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients’ lives at risk, researchers say States, FTC continue to target noncompetes: 3 updates The best hospital in each state, per Newsweek What to know about Stark law’s $9.2M

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Hall Render

JUNE 9, 2023

NATIONAL As AI advances in healthcare, industry players wrestle with its risks AHA Comments on FY 2024 Proposed Rule for Skilled Nursing Facilities AHA rebukes ‘flawed’ study on hospital finances AHA urges CMS to consider inflation, staffing in light of proposed inpatient rehab rule AHCA prepared to sue over minimum staffing mandate AMA, (..)

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Blue Shield of California is counting on it. s Unity Health Care expanding services, adding staff in push for health equity A look back on the 2022 CRE themes in the health care industry in the D.C. million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs Four Mass.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 12, 2024

Lima FLORIDA Allstate accuses Florida clinic of billing fraud, unnecessary spine surgeries Baptist Health, Compass Surgical Partners to launch ASC network Broward Health taps former Cleveland Clinic Florida CEO Cape Coral medical office building sells for $2.2M to settle improper billing allegations COVID-19 variant JN.1

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

Vernon receives award to improve stroke care Health system to expand Illinois hospital after $23.5M renovation Reid Health details restructuring effort to reduce costs Cameron Hospital, Trine break ground on $10M nursing education center IOWA 26 Nursing Homes Close in the Past Year Across Iowa Groundbreaking set for new UnityPoint – St.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

hospitalizations and emergency department visits) and to audit Medicare claims to assess potential fraud. Section 3604 of the Act requires FDA to issue a report on an annual basis, beginning two years after the Act’s enactment, that summarizes its diversity action plans.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 16, 2024

Medicaid fraud scheme Union leaders say payroll problems persist for home care workers CT universities embrace holistic care as a way to teach the new generation of health care workers Thousands of CT residents to lose HUSKY coverage, health group says. Therapist pleads guilty to $1.6M

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Hall Render

AUGUST 16, 2024

Medicaid fraud scheme Union leaders say payroll problems persist for home care workers CT universities embrace holistic care as a way to teach the new generation of health care workers Thousands of CT residents to lose HUSKY coverage, health group says. Therapist pleads guilty to $1.6M

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Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork.

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Hall Render

MARCH 15, 2024

expansion Legal exam removed from pharmacist certification in Michigan Michigan physician charged with fraud Physician’s union at Ascension St.

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Hall Render

MARCH 11, 2022

FDA final guidance presses industry to be ‘recall ready’ Final vaccine mandate deadlines still in play, despite removal vote. Pandemic victims mourned at Tempe event as advocates call for COVID-19 memorial day. Kentucky clinic owner sentenced to 10-plus years for fraud. COVID-19 funding is tapped out, HHS says.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

s Dr. Mississippi’s oral health among worst in US House Democrats unveil Mississippi’s first major Medicaid expansion plan Lawsuits filed against Singing River Health System in 2023 cyberattack Merit Health Natchez CEO: Additional Medicaid payments will ‘go a long way’ MISSOURI FDA denies approval for St.

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Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Letting them expire “would reduce fraud and waste ,” said Brian Blase, a former Trump adviser who is president of the Paragon Health Institute, a conservative policy research firm. For instance, the FDA could reduce availability of the abortion pill mifepristone or cancel its approval.

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Drug & Device Law

JULY 24, 2023

Nonetheless, the Ninth Circuit’s PATDC82 I allowed a RICO claim alleging that, between 1999 and 2011, defendants concealed that risk from the FDA and that, as a result, every TPP in the country paid for Actos prescriptions that it otherwise would not have reimbursed. But the FDA has concluded just the opposite. 3d 1243 (9th Cir.

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Drug & Device Law

APRIL 21, 2022

The plaintiff asserted all the usual claims and then one: manufacturing defect; failure to warn; breach of warranty; and fraud. by failing to properly report and investigate an adverse event. In support of that allegation, plaintiffs pointed to a particular adverse event that was noted in a recall notice. 2022 WL 1076173, at *5.

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Drug & Device Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

The unfortunate truth is that ECFMG was also a victim of this fake doctor’s fraud. On remand, Russell turned into a significant decision on negligent infliction of emotional distress, holding that no such claim could lie where plaintiffs alleged only that “they learn[ed] new information about some prior event.” May 19, 2022).

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Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

FDA litigation that is now before the Supreme Court. FDA , 78 F.4th quoting FDA appellate brief ). Congress created an FDA approval process that is both rigorous and thorough, and pharmaceutical companies invest billions of dollars in research and development to meet FDA’s scientific standards. 4th 210 (5th Cir.

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Drug & Device Law

MAY 24, 2022

In response to the summary judgment motions, plaintiff abandoned 11 of those claims including various strict liability, fraud/misrepresentation, and warranty claims. The only evidence plaintiff offered to support her claim was a notice by the FDA that came out three years after plaintiff’s surgeries – making it immaterial.

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Drug & Device Law

JUNE 22, 2022

failure to test) or fraud or the usual ‘dollars over lives’ canard, the truth is that drug and device companies are careful, conscientious, and heavily regulated. Still, we learned that the FDA regulated nutraceuticals with a somewhat light touch. There is no doubt that there is something different about drug and device cases.

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Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As the DDL blog has previously reported , Michigan’s longstanding presumption of non-defectiveness applicable to FDA-approved drugs was recently repealed by the Michigan legislature in S.B. As this provision is newly applicable to FDA-approved products, it has not been tested by the courts on this issue.

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