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Firm News 5 results

Firm News | 9 min read | 06.06.24

Crowell Attains Leading Rankings in Chambers USA 2024

Washington – June 6, 2024: Crowell & Moring earned 78 rankings for 67 lawyers, as well as 41 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers
USA 2024 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 06.22.22

Health Care Litigation Partner Jed Wulfekotte Joins Crowell & Moring

Washington, D.C. – June 22, 2022: Jed Wulfekotte joins Crowell & Moring’s Washington office as a partner in its Litigation and Health Care groups, where he will
represent corporate clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation matters spanning a wide range of industries, most notably,
health care, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, government contracts, and technology. He also will represent companies involved in False Claims Act investigati...
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Firm News | 2 min read | 01.13.15

Crowell & Moring Releases Third Annual Litigation Forecast Report and Inaugural Regulatory Forecast

Washington, D.C. – January 13, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the publication of its third annual "Litigation Forecast: What Corporate
Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year," and the introduction of its first-ever "Regulatory Forecast 2015: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the
Coming Year."
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Client Alerts 5 results

Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.16.24

CMS Finalizes Contested Rule on Nursing Home Staffing and Facility Assessments

On May 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a Final Rule that, for the first time, imposes national minimum nurse
staffing requirements for nursing homes. Specifically, the standard adopted by CMS requires minimum staffing of 3.48 hours per resident day (“HPRD”), as
discussed in more detail below. CMS estimates that the new requirements will cost facilities $43 billion over the next 10 years, which is more than the $40.6 ...
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 01.28.21

Biden Day Seven – President Biden Takes Executive Action to Strengthen the Affordable Care Act and Other Healthcare Programs

Today, President Biden signed an executive order and published a presidential memorandum seeking to improve access to the health insurance markets
created by the Affordable Care Act, reverse certain Trump Administration healthcare policies, and to protect access to reproductive health services. The
action comes on the seventh business day since the administration took office, a day dedicated to addressing broad healthcare issues, as opposed to the m...
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Client Alert | 21 min read | 06.08.15

Managed Care Lawsuit Watch - June 2015

This summary of key lawsuits affecting managed care is provided by the Health Care Group of Crowell & Moring. If you have questions or need assistance on
managed care law matters, please contact Chris Flynn, Peter Roan, or any member of the Health Care Group.
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Press Coverage 3 results

Press Coverage | 04.20.15

'SGR Fix' Law Adds Program-Integrity Tools, Exempts Gainsharing From Penalties

Report on Medicare Compliance
Troy Barsky, a Washington, D.C.-based partner in the firm's Health Care Group, explains recent legislation designed to repeal the sustainable growth rate
(SGR) formula for physician reimbursement, as well as provisions echoing the fraud and abuse mandates in the Affordable Care Act. "This is a strong
message from Congress that the focus on fraud and abuse is here today," Barsky said. "The bill was supposed to focus on physician payments, but…havin...
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Press Coverage | 11.03.14

ACO Compliance Is Spotty as Waiver Rule Is Extended; COs Navigate Other Challenges

Report On Medicare Compliance
Washington, D.C.-based Health Care Group partner, Troy A. Barsky, speaks with Report On Medicare Compliance regarding Medicare accountable care
organizations (ACOs) receiving another year of relief from fraud-and-abuse laws with the recent extension of waivers from the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General. Barsky, a former director of the CMS Division of Technical Payment...
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Press Coverage | 01.13.14

Feds Could Get More Aggressive with False Claims Act in 2014

Modern Healthcare
Troy Barsky, a partner in the firm's Health Care Group, is interviewed by Modern Healthcare to discuss how government investigators are likely to start
wielding the False Claims Act even more aggressively than in the past. Barsky says, "the Justice Department's willingness to pursue huge False Claims cases
on physician compensation against hospitals is new. In fact, it has created a great deal of uncertainty among providers who also recognize various financia...
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Publications 4 results

Podcasts 2 results

Podcast | 03.27.25

Fastest 5 Minutes: Executive Order – “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement”

This week’s episode features a deep dive on the President’s Executive Order, Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement,
which directs the consolidation of certain types of “domestic federal procurement” under the General Services Administration in an effort to “eliminate waste
and duplication.”  This episode is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief su...
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Podcast | 07.28.22

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: Massive Federal Investment in Mental Health

In this episode, Joe Records and Payal Nanavati talk to Scott Douglas and Charlotte Freed about the mental health provisions in the federal gun safety
legislation. The new law included billions in federal funds to support mental health care—a huge investment likely to have major impacts on the industry.
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