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| 1 | Update Your Compliance Plan to Address OIG's Work Plan Targets for 2009 Michael A. Dowell; Theodora Oringher Miller & Richman PC; December 24, 2008, previously published on November 2008 The OIG is responsible for deterring fraud and abuse by identifying systemic weaknesses and vulnerabilities that can be mitigated through corporate compliance programs. |
| 2 | CMS to Improve Feedback for Participants in Bonus Reporting Program Juliet M. McBride; King & Spalding LLP; December 24, 2008, previously published on December 1, 2008 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing more detailed feedback for participants of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) in response to complaints from participants. |
| 3 | New Hospital Deeming Authority Approved Nancy C. LeGros; King & Spalding LLP; December 24, 2008, previously published on December 1, 2008 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final notice (73 Fed. Reg. 56588) approving Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Healthcare, Inc. as a national accreditation program for hospitals seeking to participate in Medicare or Medicaid. |
| 4 | Bayer to Pay $97.5 Million in Settlement with the United States King & Spalding LLP; December 24, 2008, previously published on December 1, 2008 Bayer Healthcare LLC has agreed to pay the United States $97.5 million to settle allegations that the company paid illegal kickbacks to diabetic suppliers, and caused those suppliers to submit false claims to the Medicare program. |
| 5 | Outlier Settlement in Pennsylvania - Saint Vincent Health Center to Pay $1.9 Million to Resolve Allegations Lori Mihalich-Levin; King & Spalding LLP; December 24, 2008, previously published on December 1, 2008 On November 24, 2008, Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that it inflated its charges to Medicare patients from 2001 through 2003 to obtain additional outlier payments. |
| 6 | The Office of Inspector General ("OIG") Issues a Review of Allowable Medicare Capital Disproportionate Share Hospital ("DSH") Payments for the Period October 1, 2000, Through September 30, 2006 Joseph V. (Joe) Geraci, Mia C. Garcia; Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.; December 23, 2008, previously published on November 14, 2008 On November 7, 2008, the OIG released an audit report of its review of Medicare capital DSH payments for the period October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2006. |
| 7 | The Texas Board of Nursing Adopts Rule Concerning Advanced Practice Nursing Authorization Joseph V. (Joe) Geraci, Mia C. Garcia; Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.; December 23, 2008, previously published on November 14, 2008 The Texas BON published an adopted rule in the November 14, 2008, issue of the Texas Register (33 Tex. Reg. 9237) concerning advance practice nurses. The adopted rule was first published in the August 8, 2008, issue (33 Tex. Reg. 6305). |
| 8 | EU Commission Raids Pharma Companies Days before Sector Inquiry Interim Report Werner Berg, Sean-Paul Brankin, Ana M. Caínzos; Crowell & Moring; December 23, 2008, previously published on November 26, 2008 The European Commission has confirmed that it conducted antitrust dawn raids at the offices of several pharmaceutical companies in Europe on November 24. |
| 9 | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") Issue Agent Compensation Requirements for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Programs Joseph V. (Joe) Geraci, Mia C. Garcia; Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.; December 23, 2008, previously published on November 14, 2008 On November 14, 2008, CMS published an interim final rule in the Federal Register (73 Fed. Reg. 67406) revising compensation requirements for sales agents and brokers who sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug benefit plan options to Medicare recipients. |
| 10 | Appeals Court Upholds State Ban on the Commercial Use of Prescriber-Identifiable Data Albert F. Cacozza, Colleen Conry, Howard L. Dorfman, Michael F. Sexton, Amy Craig, Ann Lewis; Ropes & Gray LLP; December 23, 2008, previously published on November 25, 2008 On November 18, 2008, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law barring the practice of using prescription information that identifies doctors for commercial purposes. |
