Health eSource July 2022

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The Criminalization of Human Errors in Healthcare

Julie Dickinson

The focus of recurring headlines and much discussion in the healthcare industry has been a recent case in which a Tennessee nurse was charged with reckless homicide after inadvertently administering a paralytic instead of the intended sedative...

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on the Nursing Profession

Sandy Gardner

In 2020 the world plummeted into COVID-19, one of the deadliest pandemics in U.S. history. Scores of people fell critically ill and died in hospitals, in quarantine and out of reach of their loved ones. Global chaos rolled like a tidal wave over...

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“Best Price”; Not the “Bestest Price”

Robert T. Rhoad, Esq. and Haaleh Katouzian, Esq.

On May 17, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America’s (PhRMA) summary judgment motion, “set[ting] aside” the “Accumulator Adjustment Rule” (Rule) and agreeing with...

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Recalibrating Priorities

Taylor Chenery, Esq.

Private equity (PE) deals in the healthcare industry have skyrocketed in the last decade. In 2021, PE invested approximately $151 billion of capital into healthcare globally, more than double the year prior. The number of healthcare PE deals...

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Avoiding a False Claims Act Case by Complying with the New Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute’s Cybersecurity Exceptions and Safe Harbors

Rachel V. Rose and Don Barbo

On October 16, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced that “[t]he Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative will utilize the False Claims Act to pursue cybersecurity related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients.”...

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The Criminalization of Human Errors in Healthcare

The Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on the Nursing Profession

“Best Price”; Not the “Bestest Price”

Recalibrating Priorities

Avoiding a False Claims Act Case by Complying with the New Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute’s Cybersecurity Exceptions and Safe Harbors

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Chair's Column: It Took a Village: Closing in on the End of the Bar Year

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The Criminalization of Human Errors in Healthcare

The Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on the Nursing Profession

“Best Price”; Not the “Bestest Price”

Recalibrating Priorities

Avoiding a False Claims Act Case by Complying with the New Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute’s Cybersecurity Exceptions and Safe Harbors

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