Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that it has achieved the Mansfield Certification Plus designation for 2019.
To receive Mansfield Certification, law firms must consider at least 30 percent women, attorneys of color or LGBTQ attorneys for 70 percent or more of the firm’s leadership positions. Additionally, the firm was also awarded a “Plus” designation
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release (the “press release”) covering today’s announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in six cities resulted in charges against 90 individuals, including 27 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in fraud schemes involving approximately $260 million in Medicare false claims.
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On May 3, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Blog posted a delay to the implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. CMS stated that, in order to provide time for organizations to prepare for data submission and to sufficiently address the important input CMS received during the rulemaking process, CMS will
On March 30, 2012, the Fourth Circuit reversed a $44 million judgment against Tuomey Hospital (Tuomey) for contracts that Tuomey had with physicians that allegedly violated the federal Stark law. Stark law prohibits physicians from referring patients to health care entities for designated health services that will be paid for by Medicare if the physician,
Outpatient Surgery Magazine recently published an article describing a case in New Jersey in which an ASC successfully defended an action brought by three physicians who were forced to sell their ownership interests in the ASC due to the physicians’ failure to meet the “one-third procedures test” under the applicable federal anti-kickback statute safe harbor.