Legal News Archives

How Important is Exclusion Screening for Health Care Providers?

August 9, 2023 by

Under its exclusion authority, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has the power to exclude certain individuals and entities from receiving compensation from federally funded health care programs (including Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs)). Employers who hire an individual on the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities … Read more

Beyond the Numbers: Clients Want to Know About Culture of Diversity at Law Firms

August 4, 2023 by

Clients are pushing law firms to disclose more and more diversity-related information in order to earn their business, according to Lloyd Freeman, chief diversity officer at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. Read More

FDA Investigating Cyclospora, E. coli, Salmonella and Hepatitis A Outbreaks

July 27, 2023 by

It has been a busy July. Read More

FTC and DOJ Jointly Propose New Merger Guidelines

July 21, 2023 by

On July 19, 2023, the FTC and the DOJ (collectively, the agencies) jointly released new draft merger guidelines. The agencies assert that the proposed guidelines will help them better assess the impact of proposed mergers based on “competition in the modern economy.”…By: BakerHostetler Read More