Recently, a new law went into effect in Maine that prohibits an insurance carrier or Pharmacy Benefits Manager (“PBM”) from imposing post-point of sale fees, like Direct and Indirect Remuneration (“DIR”) fees against Maine pharmacies. The... Read More
If you own a business and care about its reputation and want to see it grow, you need a trademark. A registered trademark is a valuable asset for a business to own. A trademark should not even be a question for anyone who wants to protect their... Read More
*As seen in Medical Economics* Preparing for a private equity transaction can help strengthen your practice’s business structure, even if you forego a deal. If you knew you would be engaged in a future physical altercation, you would be... Read More
On January 15, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that Excellus Health Plan, Inc. has agreed to pay $5.1 million and to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of... Read More
In November 2020, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) issued a Special Fraud Alert to highlight the fraud and abuse risks associated with pharmaceutical and medical device company speaker... Read More
The Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Government”) and Bartell Drug, Inc. (“Bartell”), a Washington State pharmacy chain of approximately 70 pharmacies, recently reached a civil settlement in which Bartell agreed to pay a fine... Read More
A criminal conviction relating to health care will result in an exclusion from Medicare and related health care programs. The length of the exclusion imposed depends on a variety of factors. Thinking about how to mitigate the impact of an exclusion... Read More
As we predicted in our Client Alert last week, the expiration of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) on December 31, 2020 leaves employers nationwide in a lurch, for the most recent pandemic relief package signed by the... Read More
Frier Levitt Clinician-Attorney and Senior Counsel, Martha M. Rumore, Pharm.D., MS, JD, LLM authored Chapter 4 of Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs titled "Legal and Regulatory Issues in Self-Care Pharmacy Practice" , 20th ed. This is an... Read More
