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Malnutrition Diagnosis Codes: The Compliance Danger You’re Not Taking Seriously Enough

McBrayer Law Blog

Posted In Code Enforcement , Hospitals It may seem like hair-splitting, but including the wrong diagnostic codes for malnutrition on hospital inpatient claims – using codes for severe malnutrition in place of other forms of malnutrition – is a costly mistake.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B

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Health Provider News

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Johns highlight industry’s growth New UM cancer center offers lifesaving treatments ‘where discoveries are being made’ Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic CEO on how its new ASC will ‘check all the boxes’ The List: Here’s the largest rehabilitation facilities on the First Coast UpHealth completes $180 million sale Florida (..)

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Third Circuit Tosses Criminal Charge that Unauthorized Ingredient Source was Introduction of a “New Drug” 

Drug & Device Law

The company was also tagged with a count of mail fraud. The FDA claimed that essentially any violation of the terms of an ANDA/NDA allowed it to charge a regulated person with violation of 21 U.S.C. For example, the government claimed that the defendants violated reporting obligations for the “new drug.” section 355(a).

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Peculiar MDL Procedures Again Disadvantage Defendants

Drug & Device Law

They had experienced no pain or other symptoms, but because their filters had perforated their veins, they pursued product liability claims against [defendant].” 1407, contemplates for cases to enter the MDL is through “tag along actions” processed by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. 2023 WL 4188705, at *1.