Gilbert Carrillo Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 Yahoo is just the latest company to have a major cyber security data breach. What is more troubling is how this data breach occurred about 2 years ago and only just now the public is being told about the incident. Was Yahoo …
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Gilbert Carrillo Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 Edmund Tyrrell Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2018 Theranos, the American health-tech and medical-lab-services company, recently hired two executives to oversee regulatory compliance standards. The executives were hired following Theranos receiving multiple sanctions from U.S. regulators about the …
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Kaitlin Lavin Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 Mylan has already been under public scrutiny for increasing the price of its EpiPen allergy shots. Last week the State of West Virginia launched a Medicaid fraud investigation questioning Mylan’s price hike and compliance with drug rebate laws. Mylan Pharmaceuticals participates in …
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Kaitlin Lavin Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a new rule in the Federal Register that addresses changes in Medicare payment policies. The proposed rule aims to inform providers of proper billing practices and prevent fraud and abuse. This post …
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Kaitlin Lavin Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 Last month, the Center for Public Integrity obtained over three-dozen new Medicare Advantage (MA) audits through a lawsuit brought under the Freedom of Information Act. The audits indicate that overcharging is still a pervasive problem in the MA Program because Medicare Advantage …
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Christine S. Kim Assistant Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. 2017 Due to the inextricably association between long-term care Hospitals-within-Hospitals (“HwHs”) and their respective Long Term Care Hospitals (“LTCH”), or host hospitals, efforts to circumvent compliance with federal reimbursement regulations have evolved. This blog article discusses the ways in which the Centers …
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Ryan Whitney Managing Editor Loyola University School of Law, JD 2017 Dabbing has taken pop culture by storm in just the last year. Popularized by Carolina Panther’s quarterback Cam Newton, the dance move is now seen in all sorts of sports celebrations, dance adaptations, videos and promotions. It is a fad, a craze — …
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Brittany Tomkies Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 Drug and substance abuse has become an epidemic in the United States over the past 15 years, reaching an alarming 9.4% of Americans ages 12 and older in 2013. The human and economic costs of substance abuse are astonishing – some estimate …
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Brittany Tomkies Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on September 2, 2016 establishing that certain over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products (i.e. antibacterial hand and body soaps) containing certain active ingredients can no longer be marketed as they are not generally …
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Kaitlin Lavin Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 In 2011, Vanguard Healthcare, LLC (“Vanguard”) settled a whistleblower suit for Medicare and Medicaid fraud and entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA). Now the federal government is suing Vanguard for submitting fraudulent claims for services that were “either non-existent or grossly …
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