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    Health eSource February 2021

    Vol. 17 No. 6  

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    Chair's Column: Do You See What I See?

    By Hal Katz, Husch Blackwell LLP, Austin, TX

    It’s been a steep climb, but we’ve made it half-way through the Bar year! Six months ago, we weren’t quite sure how family, work, and the rest of life would be impacted by the continued pandemic, or what things would look like down the road, but we’re making it. Everyone has been impacted, from major life disruption to the most unimaginable devastation.

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    Medical and Public Health Practices in a Post-COVID-19 World: A Bioethical Perspective

    By Janet Dolgin, Ph.D., J.D., Dicker Distinguished Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Professor of Science Education, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Nassau County, NY

    The emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 occasioned significant shifts in patient care and in human subject research. These shifts have led to bioethical quandaries. Among the shifts, some may be abandoned once the pandemic fades.

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    2020 Year-End Review of Top Health Care False Claims Act Enforcement Cases and Trends

    By Robert T. Rhoad, Esq., Andy Liu, Esq., Andrew Victor, Esq., and Sam Van Kopp, Esq., Nichols Liu, LLP, Washington, DC

    With 2020 receding like a departed shoreline on the horizon, it is time to take stock (and notice) of several interesting developments during the year under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) related to healthcare litigation. What follows is a review of some of the most significant cases and emerging trends in FCA enforcement affecting the healthcare industry over the past year.