Day PitneyAn April 12 article in NJ Spotlight, “Judge Orders Horizon to Let Public See Details Behind OMNIA Insurance Plan,” discussed the Bergen County Superior Court’s order…
Virtua Medical Group to Pay $418,000 Data Breach Settlement
Virtua Medical Group, a health network with more than 50 medical and surgical practices in southern New Jersey, has agreed to pay a $417,816 fine…
CenterLight Healthcare Reaches $10M Medicaid Fraud Settlement
CenterLight Healthcare, a managed long-term care organization that provides and coordinates healthcare services in the New York City area, has agreed to a $10.3 million…
Although the recently passed federal tax reform law included a provision repealing the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual mandate in 2019, a number of states…
Abiomed Reaches $3.1 Million Settlement for Doctor Meals
Abiomed, Inc. has agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve allegations that the company treated physicians to lavish meals at some of the country’s most…
EmblemHealth Agrees to Data Breach Settlement
New York insurer EmblemHealth has agreed to a $575,000 settlement with the New York Attorney General’s Office over the disclosure of more than 80,000 Social…
Connecticut Supreme Court Recognizes Common-Law Duty of Confidentiality in Physician-Patient Relationship
On January 16, the Connecticut Supreme Court released its ruling in Byrne v. Avery Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.C., a case in which a…
Beginning January 16, the amount of compensation that a New Jersey healthcare provider can accept from pharmaceutical manufacturers for “bona fide services,” including speaking at…
On December 21, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted amendments to the Life & Health Guaranty Association Model Act, previously discussed here. Among other…
Day Pitney’s December 2017 White Collar Roundup included the following item: Another Guilty Plea in the Compounding Pharmacy Investigation in the Garden State Timothy Frazer,…