Jul 03, 2024 U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Chevron – Impact on Health Care and Life Sciences By Kenya Scott Woodruff Ramana Rameswaran Erica Youngerman On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court (the “Court”) issued a decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v....
Jun 06, 2024 Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Restructuring and Distress in the Life Sciences: A Discussion With Angela Allen By Paul Musser In the latest TMA Chicago Midwest Podcast episode, I was delighted to speak with Angela Allen, a partner at Jenner & Block in Chicago....
Apr 23, 2024 Whistleblower Rewards Program Update: DOJ Explains and Expands Pilot Program for Voluntary Disclosures By Ryan Meyer Ryan Dean On April 15, the Department of Justice (DOJ) publicly released a memorandum fleshing out its previously announced corporate whistleblower...
Mar 21, 2024 OCR Updates Guidance on Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates By Joanna Hwang On March 18, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated its guidance on the use of...
Mar 21, 2024 Navigating the Changing Landscape of Health Care: 9 Key Trends to Watch By Kenya Scott Woodruff Partner Kenya Woodruff, the Chair of the Health Care Practice at Katten, had a recent conversation with Nick Uehlecke from the Todd...
Mar 18, 2024 New Hampshire Enacts a Comprehensive Privacy Law By Trisha Sircar On March 6, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed Senate Bill 255 (SB 255) into law. New Hampshire joins California, Colorado,...
Feb 13, 2024 CMS Clarifies Boundaries on AI in Coverage Determination for Medicare Advantage Organizations By Katy Pollitt On February 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) published an important FAQ for Medicare Advantage Organizations (MA) and...
Jan 09, 2024 New Year, New Remote Monitoring Services Billing Rules By Daniel Walbright Introduction on Final Rule On November 23, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rule for payment...
Dec 06, 2023 Join Katten for Investing for Tomorrow: Health Care Institutions as Investors, Strategic Investment Partners and Entrepreneurs on December 13 By Katten Events Katten will present a two-part series that delves into the transformative role of hospitals, academic medical centers, and health care...
Nov 16, 2023 New York Proposes New Cybersecurity Regulations for Hospitals By Trisha Sircar This week, New York regulators announced that they plan to release proposed cybersecurity regulations for hospitals. The impetus for the...
Nov 01, 2023 OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion for Certain Physician Employee Bonuses By Erica Youngerman On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion No....
Oct 17, 2023 CMS Settled a Record Number of SRDPs in 2022 By Daniel Walbright The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the publicly available information regarding the Self-Referral...
Sep 26, 2023 OIG Advisory Opinion Touches on Commonly-Raised Concepts for Mitigating Anti-Kickback Statute Risk By Lisa Prather While the recent US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) Advisory Opinion 23-05 primarily focuses on...
Sep 22, 2023 Health Equity: An Important Pillar of ESG By Johnjerica Hodge India Williams Arron Pak In recent years, the federal government has placed a renewed emphasis on addressing structural, policy, and operational challenges and...
Aug 29, 2023 Over $1.8 Billion Saved in 2022 Medicare Shared Savings Program: What Does This Indicate About CMS's Recent 2024 MSSP Proposals? By Katy Pollitt The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced on August 24 that the Medicare Shared Savings Program (the MSSP) had the...
Aug 23, 2023 New Texas Medical Billing Requirements Can Leave Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Unable to Collect for Services Provided By Joe Lecroy Tracie Bedeaux Starting September 1, 2023, health care facilities in Texas will have to make changes to their billing practices to comply with a newly...