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On December 18, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued two proposed rules aimed at limiting provision of gender-affirming care to minors (each a “Proposed Rule” and, collectively, the “Proposed Rules”). The first rule would add a new Condition of Participation (“CoP”), prohibiting a hospital from performing “sex-rejecting procedures” on minors, in... READ MORE

This week a Court in the Middle District of Florida dealt a blow to a whistleblower’s allegations of fraud in U.S. ex rel. Baklid-Kunz v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center ruling that: (1) the Relator is barred from recovering damages even if it can prove its allegations and (2) the Relator is barred from arguing or... READ MORE

By David B. Honig and Andrew B. Howk In U.S. v. MedQuest, the Sixth Circuit held that violations by a provider of conditions of participation in Medicare were insufficient as a matter of law to “trigger the hefty fines and penalties created by the FCA.” This case was a reaffirmation by the Sixth Circuit... READ MORE