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Should Medicare Be Allowed To Negotiate Drug Prices?, Michael H. Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

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American Hospital Association V. Burwell: Correctly Choosing But Erroneously Applying Judicial Discretion In Mandamus Relief Concerning Agency Noncompliance, Michael L. Labattaglia

Maryland Law Review

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The Health Impact Fund Proposal: Application In The United States' Era Of Comparative Effectiveness, Katherine Jeanne Racz

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

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Wage Theft As Public Larceny, Elizabeth J. Kennedy

Brooklyn Law Review

Home care for the elderly and disabled is a rapidly expanding industry in which structural and regulatory factors contribute to worker vulnerability and exploitation. Systemic exclusion from core federal employment and labor laws, as well as many state and local regulations, results in minimal consequences for employers who violate standards. Despite recent movement at the federal level to create a “new mindset” of rights and regulations, home care workers must be equipped with creative ways to enforce these new rights and to challenge existing gaps in enforcement. With the understanding that two-thirds of the home care industry is financed by …

Protecting Patients Or Protecting Government Agencies: Bankruptcy Involvement In Medicare/Medicaid Termination, Anthony J. Ienna

Bankruptcy Research Library

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Through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a struggling business can preserve essential property needed to remain operational. However, when a healthcare institution is in financial disarray and becomes noncompliant with federal regulatory standards, courts may block rehabilitation through bankruptcy. Healthcare institutions such as nursing homes, which are in the process curing deficiencies, must stay in compliance with the federal regulations in order to continue to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds. Nursing homes must make the necessary changes before funds are terminated or they will be forced to abruptly close. Courts often scrutinize nursing homes’ ability to care for their patients because …

Reforming Healthcare Reform, Jacqueline Fox

University of Richmond Law Review

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