6/19/2026 4:09:07 PM DOJ to Expedite Review of FCA Qui Tam Suits Alleging Public Benefits Fraud By Evan Barr Sarah Cummings Stewart David Bender Jessica Christensen +1 more... Show less Key Takeaways The DOJ will now expedite review of a subset of all newly filed qui tam complaints within 60-120 days, much faster than...
6/12/2026 4:18:36 AM New IDR Operations Rule Offers Meaningful Improvements for Physicians, But Concerns Remain By Tom Greeson Paul Pitts James Hennessy Liyun Huang Smita Patil Matthew Loughran +3 more... Show less The federal No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process has caused physician frustration since its inception....
6/10/2026 6:18:36 PM OIG Approves Warranty for Surgery Provider's Post-Operative Concierge Program By Roswill Mejia The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion 26-12, a favorable...
5/27/2026 2:09:37 PM CMS adds Moratoria to new Hospice and Home Health Provider Enrollments By Arielle Lusardi Craig Anderson Matthew Loughran The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented a new nationwide enrollment moratorium on two new categories of...
5/25/2026 1:58:38 AM Fifth Circuit Joins Growing Consensus: Reverse FCA Liability Demands an “Established” Obligation to Pay the Government By Michael Cooper In United States ex rel. Palmer v. Tata Consulting Services, Ltd., No. 25-40368 (5th Cir. Apr. 29, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
5/22/2026 8:47:07 PM OCR Extends Digital Accessibility Compliance Dates Under Section 504 By Angela Matney On May 11, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR),...
5/21/2026 9:26:37 PM CMS Proposes New Open Payments Audit Enforcement Authority By Katie Pawlitz Sarah Cummings Stewart Lily Barrett Key Takeaways: CMS wants to add teeth to its Open Payments audit powers, so it’s proposing a new enforcement mechanism.If finalized,...
5/16/2026 12:16:06 AM Supreme Court Reinstates Availability of Mifepristone without In-Person Appointment By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Kristin Parker Alexa Chronister Allie Klimkiewicz Matthew Loughran +4 more... Show less On Thursday evening, May 14, 2026, approximately 30 minutes after an administrative stay by Justice Alito expired, the Supreme Court...
5/14/2026 5:35:07 PM Federal Agencies Propose Fertility Care as Limited Excepted Benefits By Sarah Cummings Stewart Lesley Reynolds Allison Sizemore Kristin Parker +1 more... Show less On May 13, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services (collectively,...
5/4/2026 9:20:07 PM Fifth Circuit Stay Reinstates Nationwide In-Person Dispensing Requirement for Mifepristone By Scot T. Hasselman Lesley Reynolds Sarah Cummings Stewart Allie Klimkiewicz Alexa Chronister Matthew Loughran +3 more... Show less On Friday, May 1, 2026, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the State of Louisiana’s...
5/1/2026 9:56:37 PM DOJ Announces FCA Initiative for Data Miners By Selina Coleman Lesley Reynolds Thomas Suddath David Bender Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less On April 30, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (FOCUS) initiative, a...
4/23/2026 4:48:07 PM FDA AEMS: What the Real Time Adverse Event Dashboard Means for Litigators By Gracen Hashem Last month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its launch of a new unified platform for adverse event reporting, the...
4/17/2026 12:53:07 AM First false claims settlement based on DEI shows potential reach of new DOJ initiative By Selina Coleman Kate Seikaly Anthony Todd Last year, the DOJ announced that it would begin investigating government contractors for potential violations of the False Claims Act...
4/15/2026 3:06:40 AM CMS makes structural changes to Star Ratings system for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans By Lesley Reynolds Lara Parkin David Bender Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less In its final rule setting out the Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes for the Medicare Advantage Program and Part D...
4/13/2026 2:15:07 PM New No Surprises FAQ Bad News for Physicians using IDR process By Tom Greeson Liyun Huang Matthew Loughran The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury jointly issued FAQ Part 73 concerning the implementation of the No...
4/6/2026 10:09:06 PM Federal AI Activity and the Growing Tension Over State Preemption By James Hennessy Comprehensive federal AI legislation remains elusive. In its absence, states have moved aggressively to fill the regulatory void,...