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DME supplier, HHA enforcement efforts

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

December 29, 2008, CMS announced that it has revoked the billing privileges of more than 1,100 medical equipment suppliers in south Florida and the Los Angeles area as part of its DMEPOS High-Risk Suppliers Demonstration

DOJ requires branch divestitures in PNCNational City acquisition

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2009

The Antitrust Division is requiring PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. to divest 61 National City Western Pennsylvania branches in order to complete its acquisition of the Cleveland bank

Medicare Part DMedicare advantage rules

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

On January 12, 2009, CMS published a final rule that revises Medicare's definition of Part D negotiated prices to require drug plan sponsors to use the amount paid to a pharmacy (rather than the sometimes lower "lock in price" paid to a pharmacy benefit manager) as the basis for determining cost sharing for beneficiaries and for reporting a plan's drug costs to CMS

Court holds patents unenforceable as sanction for spoliation of evidence

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 13 2009

On Jan. 9, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ruled that various patents held by Rambus Inc. ("Rambus") were unenforceable against Micron Technology, Inc. ("Micron") because Rambus had improperly destroyed documents that it should have retained on the reasonable expectation of future patent litigation

Whole Foods strikes back: grocer sues FTC for violation of due process

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2009

Ongoing litigation with the FTC has led Whole Foods to file suit to challenge the agency's administrative merger review process

FDA finalizes guidance document on OTC drug labeling

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

The FDA has issued final guidance on “Labeling OTC Human Drug Products Questions and Answers.”

Medicare Administrative Contractors

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

On January 7, 2009, CMS announced the final five Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) that will process and pay Medicare Part A and Part B fee-for-service claims in 14 states

Rule B attachments - can they be kept confidential?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2008

Given that obtaining a Rule B Attachment Order is a fast and reasonably cost-effective tactic to obtain security for a maritime claim, it is perhaps surprising that its very existence has to be immediately publicised on the New York Court's website

2010 MAPart D Prescription Drug Plan Draft Call Letter

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

CMS has released draft 2010 Medicare Advantage (MA), Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD), Cost-Based Plan, and Stand Alone Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) Call Letter

OIG releases FY 2012 Medicaid integrity report

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

The OIG has released its Medicaid Integrity Program Report for FY 2012, which provides information on the OIG's Medicaid program integrity funding