Cybersecurity may have rocketed to the top of management’s priority list in the wake of the recent cyberattack on Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC) that left the hospital unable to access some of its computer systems for ten days.
On Friday, February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited Final Rule and regulations, providing much needed guidance to providers and suppliers on how to meet the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) 60-day overpayment mandate.
At long last, after two plus years of debate, last week the Senate finally passed the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 (2015 Trade Enforcement Act).
As part of the federal government’s multi-front attack on opioid abuse, the Department of Justice announced on Friday, February 12 that CVS Pharmacy, Inc. has agreed to pay $8 million to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Today, February 16, 2016, the US Department of Transportation and Cuban government officials signed a December 2015 agreement to restore commercial air travel. There have been no scheduled flights between the US and Cuba for over 50 years.
This alert brings you recent developments affecting importers at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The developments affect how importer information is filed with CBP.
The federal government has focused on compounding pharmacies and pharmacists for fraud and abuse investigations in recent years, and now the great state of Texas has joined in.
International trade events continue to occur at break neck speed. The Toronto International Auto Show takes place later this week, on the heels of the signing of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) in New Zealand.
Automotive Practice Group Leader and Los Angeles Managing Partner Aaron Jacoby was interviewed by Automotive News for a recent article, “Used-car loophole for recalls tightens up.”
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of D. Jacques Smith and Kay C. Georgi to lead the firm’s internationally recognized Complex Litigation and International Trade practices.
On January 15, 2016, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and 18 automakers pledged to work together to enhance safety and improve recalls. In addition, the automakers agreed to voluntarily work with the government to identify cybersecurity threats to cars and light trucks.
The year 2015 provided another bumper crop of decisions in trusts and estates disputes. While the courts generally experienced a nationwide decrease in the filing of civil lawsuits, trust and estate disputes continued to fill court dockets and a few noteworthy trends emerged.
On January 16, 2016, the US Department of State and US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took two actions that impact the auto industry.
The court’s description of the facts of this case are of interest, as they reveal some of the complexity in the delivery of, and payment for, health care services. In this situation, testing by a commercial laboratory of specimens drawn at a physician’s office.
Partner Peter Zeidenberg’s latest client was featured by The New York Times after federal prosecutors in Philadelphia announced the indictment of five people, including two research scientists, on charges of stealing trade secrets for cancer treatment drugs from the British drug giant GlaxoSmithKlin
On January 21, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited Final Rule implementing changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Arent Fox is pleased to welcome partner Douglas A. Grimm, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, to its national Health Care practice.
Bloomberg BNA recently asked partner Linda A. Baumann to analyze the healthcare fraud landscape for 2016 and discuss what providers can do to protect themselves.