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Firm News 133 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.09.24

Senior Congressional Health Counsel Stephen Holland Joins Crowell & Moring

Stephen Holland, former senior health counsel on the Committee on Energy & Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, has joined Crowell & Moring, bringing more than a decade of legislative experience on Capitol Hill.

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.03.24

Former DaVita IKC General Counsel Stephen Bentfield Joins Crowell & Moring

Stephen Bentfield, former vice president and group general counsel at DaVita Integrated Kidney Care, has joined Crowell & Moring’s Health Care Group as a partner in the Denver office, expanding the firm’s regulatory and transactional depth in the health care industry.

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas.
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Client Alerts 600 results

Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.24.24

FTC Continues Focus on Tracking Technologies and Personal Health Data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently entered into a settlement with Monument, Inc., an alcohol addiction treatment service, for allegedly disclosing users’ personal health data to third-party advertising platforms without consumer consent and violating their own website claims to consumers with respect to the disclosure of such data. The action follows other settlements by the FTC focused on tracking technologies collecting sensitive health information through web pages and web portals. “This action continues the FTC’s work to ensure strict limits on how firms handle sensitive health data, rather than putting the onus on consumers to protect themselves,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “Following on the heels of actions against GoodRx, BetterHelp, and Premom, the market should be getting the message that consumer health data should be handled with extreme caution.”
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.22.24

DOJ, FTC, and HHS Unveil Portal for Public Reporting on Anticompetitive and Monopolistic Practices in Health Care

In the latest sign that federal enforcers remain focused on increasing antitrust enforcement, last Thursday, the Justice Department (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed an online portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, to encourage the public to submit reports on potential anticompetitive and monopolistic conduct in the healthcare sector.  The initiative seeks to address concerns that such behavior may affect healthcare affordability and quality, and employee wages. 
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.18.24

Maryland and Colorado Say the Price Isn’t Right: State Drug Affordability Review Boards Seek Drug Upper Payment Limits

Following federal lawmakers’ initiative to lower prescription drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, several states have taken similar steps to limit certain drugs’ prices. Drug affordability for consumers is a top priority for federal and state lawmakers and regulators because it is a bipartisan issue that directly impacts consumers’ wallets. With negotiations between the federal government and drug manufacturers over 10 drugs’ prices for Medicare beneficiaries well underway under the Inflation Reduction Act, 11 states, including Maryland and Colorado, have created drug affordability review boards to more directly tackle rising prices for both brand and generic drugs.[1] And another 12 states have pending legislation to create these boards.[2] 
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Press Coverage 193 results

Publications 86 results

Publication | 01.10.24

Health Care: Private Equity + Health Care = Lawsuits

Litigation Forecast 2024
Private equity firms have been increasingly active in the health care provider space in recent years—which, in turn, has increased the prevalence of health care litigation.
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Events 5 results

Event | 05.08.24

2024 Health Data Leadership Institute

Crowell & Moring Partner and CHS Founder and Managing Director Jodi Daniel will be speaking at the 2024 Health Data Leadership Institute, taking place May 7-8 in Washington, DC. Her panel, "Accelerating the Data Transparency Movement to Understand the Costs and Impact of Care," will take place at 12:00 p.m. EST. 

Health Data Leadership Institute will convene individuals looking to gain a working knowledge of the current policy and regulatory landscape, where AI policies and practices are going (and how to reduce bias and harm), the impact of the Dobbs Decision on business operations and interoperability, and more.  

The Institute ensures opportunities for dialogue and small group discussion with practitioners in the field and peers who are experiencing similar challenges and opportunities. Attendees will hear from health policy experts, government program leaders, data users, entrepreneurs who have deep knowledge in data use, and data experts from technology and health care applications fields.

Event | 05.02.24 - 05.03.24

15th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation

Crowell & Moring Partners Christopher Flynn and Kelly Hightower Hibbert, members of the firm's Health Care Group, will be speaking at the 15th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation, taking place from May 2nd-3rd in Chicago.

ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best practices for claims management from our esteemed faculty of outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and executives.

Event | 04.15.24 - 04.17.24

AHLA Health Care Transactions

Crowell & Moring Senior Counsel Kristy Wrigley-Durer, a member of the firm's Tax and Health Care Groups, will be speaking at the AHLA Health Care Transactions Conference, taking place April 15-17, 2024 in Nashville, TN. Her presentation, "Don't be a Deal Killer!  Best Practices for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation in Mergers & Acquisitions," will take place at 1:30 p.m. CT. 

Webinars 1 result

Webinar | 05.07.24 - 05.09.24

HOOPS 2024

Please join us for this year’s Health Care Opportunities, Oversight, Policy, and Strategy (HOOPS) Webinar Event | Navigating the Rapid Developments in Health Care on May 7-9th.

Blog Posts 156 results

Blog Post | 03.21.24

Encouraging Signs that DOJ May Finally Be Using Its Dismissal Authority

Crowell & Moring’s Health Law Blog

Blog Post | 02.15.24

Monumental Reduction in FCA Damages Based on Excessive Fines Clause

Crowell & Moring’s Health Law Blog

Blog Post | 01.23.24

The Complexities of Assessing Damages in FCA Cases

Crowell & Moring’s Health Law Blog

Podcasts 46 results

Podcast | 04.09.24

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: The Past, Present, and Future of Private Equity’s Role in Health Care

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Savanna Williams talk to Paul Pollock and Wayne Pryor about how private equity (PE) got its start in the health care industry, current trends in PE regulation, and where listeners can expect to see PE to continue investing in the industry. 
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Podcast | 02.23.24

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: Enabling Widespread Adoption of Decentralized Clinical Trials

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati, Jodi Daniel, and Cara Tenenbaum talk to Ben Moscovitch, Devon Adams, and Noah Goodson about recent policy developments on decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). They also discuss the Crowell Health Solutions’ white paper on DCTs, which issues to federal agencies a number of policy recommendations to advance DCT adoption and increase clinical trial diversity.
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Podcast | 01.25.24

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: The Increasing Focus on Mental Health Parity

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver talk to Chris Flynn and Alice Hall-Partyka regarding the proposed updates to the regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). We discuss the current regulatory environment, enforcement, and key takeaways from the proposed rule. For further reading, please see:
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