Stark Law Enforcement Boosts Fines, Settlements & Provider Pressures
2024 Stark Law enforcement increases penalties & pressure on providers with anti-kickback legislation.
Articles by Ron King, CEO, Vanguard Communications
MedCity News and Above the Law offer the latest in litigation, regulation, transactions, and trends for in-house counsel in the healthcare and life sciences industries.
FTC Non-Compete Clause Ban Shifts Healthcare Employment Powers
Federal Trade Commission’s ban on non-compete clauses shifts power to healthcare workers.
Massive Additional Protections Added for Greater Patient Privacy
As officials move to further wall off healthcare data, the eye in the sky is getting some blinders.
New focus on mental health importance fuels research, new initiatives
A mélange of developments suggests that psychological assessments and treatments are getting the support that many professionals say is woefully overdue.
Medicare Advantage lands in eye of storm over lawsuits, reform, complaints
The highly popular Medicare Advantage (MA) insurance program takes center stage as class action lawsuits over use of artificial intelligence combines with uproars over reform plans and sales commissions.
“Constitutional collisions” come back to haunt Dobbs abortion decision
Opposing sides in the abortion controversy are girding for a likely momentous constitutional confrontation despite SCOTUS’s wish for the contrary.
Free Speech Protections Are Colliding With Public Health Concerns
Recent developments have accelerated a free-speech controversy taking center stage ever since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maya Kowalski: Weighing Parental Rights Against a Child’s Best Interests
“Taking Care of May” is a heartbreaking examination of failures by the medical establishment and the judiciary to avoid making a difficult situation worse.