Thomas Crane retired from Mintz in 2021. He was previously a Member in Mintz’s Litigation Practice.
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Ready or Not - Sunshine Act Data Collection Starts Today
August 1, 2013 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch
Today pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and group purchasing organizations (“GPOs”) start to collect data on their financial arrangements with physicians and teaching hospitals to comply with the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (‘‘Sunshine Act’’).
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Federal District Court Upholds Stark Regulation Ban on Physician-Owned Under Arrangement Service Providers
June 19, 2013 | Advisory
On May 24 the District Court for the District of Columbia rejected an appeal brought by a group of urologists (“CUI”) seeking to overturn regulations promulgated in 2008 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) that prohibited physician-owned “under arrangement” service providers under the Stark Law (the “2008 Rule”).
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OIG Issues Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol
April 17, 2013 | Blog | By Theresa Carnegie
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has published an updated Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (the “Updated SDP”) that offers health care providers guidance on how to disclose potential fraud, avoid prosecution, and mitigate potential penalties under the OIG’s civil money penalty (CMP) authority.
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CMS Focuses on Fraud Associated with Increased Use of Electronic Health Records
March 22, 2013 | Blog | By Theresa Carnegie
Acting CMS Administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, recently reaffirmed the agency’s concern that the increased use of electronic health records (“EHRs”) has contributed to increases in fraudulent billing practices by providers.
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CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule; Data Collection to Begin on August 1, 2013
February 4, 2013 | Alert | By Brian Dunphy, Karen Lovitch
The long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule) implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) has arrived at the Federal Register.
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Let the Collection and Reporting Begin: CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Regulations
February 4, 2013 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch , Brian Dunphy
The long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule) implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) has arrived at the Federal Register. It amends key definitions and adds new terms; retains broad reporting provisions but includes new limitations; exempts certain continuing medical education (CME) payments from disclosure; and includes additional reporting guidance.
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Massachusetts DPH Proposes Amendments to Regulations to Implement Gift Ban Law Changes
September 24, 2012 | Blog | By Brian Dunphy
On September 19th, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (“DPH”) published emergency amendments to its regulations, 105 CMR 970.000 et seq. (“Proposed Regulations”), designed to implement recent changes to the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct, M.G.L. c. 111N (the “Gift Ban Law”).
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HHS Issues Report to Congress on the Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol
March 28, 2012 | Blog | By Brian Dunphy
On March 23, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its statutorily required report to Congress (Report) describing the implementation of the Medicare Physician Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) and the status of disclosures under the SRDP to date.
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D.C. Circuit Finds Physicians Can Pursue Challenge to Stark Law Regulation
December 27, 2011 | Blog | By Karen Lovitch
The D.C. Court of Appeals gave Medicare providers and suppliers a holiday gift last week with the issuance of a rare jurisdictional ruling involving a challenge to the Stark Law regulations.
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News & Press
Mintz Member Thomas Crane and Associate Xavier Hardy co-authored a Bloomberg Law Insights article discussing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), specifically the staggering unemployment numbers’ emphasis on the ACA’s measures to increase coverage.
Mintz Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
April 26, 2019
AHLA Health Care Compliance Legal Issues Manual
March 5, 2019
Mintz Member and Chair of the Health Law Practice Karen S. Lovitch served as an editor of the Fifth Edition of the American Health Lawyers Association’s “Health Care Compliance Legal Issues Manual,” which provides strategies for addressing the full scope of legal issues critical to health care compliance. Mintz Member Thomas S. Crane also contributed to the publication as an author.
Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 03, 2018
Mintz partner and Massachusetts lawyer Julie Korostoff is one of 49 attorneys recognized as “Leaders in Their Fields” by the 2018 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Chambers named Korostoff a “Recognized Practitioner” in Technology.
Outlook 2018: Health Industry Faces Uncertain Regulatory Landscape
December 29, 2017
In looking ahead to 2018 health care trends, Mintz Member Tom Crane, a fraud and abuse and health care enforcement defense attorney, is referenced in the Bloomberg Law article on possible changes to the Stark Law in 2018.
Best Lawyers named 85 Mintz attorneys to its 2018 list of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, Mintz attorneys Matthew J. Gardella and Samuel M. Tony Starr were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas.
Stark Law Advisory Opinion Process Needs Revamping
March 29, 2017
Member Tom Crane authors this article discussing the decision by the Fourth Circuit court of Appeals in United States ex rel. Drakeford v. Tuomey. The judgment premised on Stark Law violations, and was, according to some, not grounded in Stark Law regulations.
Health Fraud Rule Withdrawal May Hurt Enforcement Efforts
February 1, 2017
This article notes that due to the Trump administration’s delay of a program integrity final rule fraud enforcement could become more of a challenge. Mintz health care attorneys Ellyn Sternfield and Tom Crane weigh in on the issue.
Outlook 2017: New Year May Bring Stark Reform, ACA Repeal, Heavy Dose of Uncertainty
January 6, 2017
In this Bloomberg BNA Health Law Resource Center article, Tom Crane discusses the potential consequences of reforming Stark law. Tom is known for his fraud and abuse defense work and is involved in Mintz’s Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice.
AHA sends Trump a wish list of more lax laws and regulations
December 1, 2016
Mintz Member Tom Crane is quoted in this Modern Healthcare article discussing the American Hospital Association’s request to President-elect Trump to cancel Stage 3 of the meaningful use program.
Eighty-Four Mintz Attorneys Named 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 18, 2016
Fifty-three Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers for 2016 and thirty-one have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars. The findings will be published in the November 2016 issue of Boston Magazine and in a stand-alone magazine, New England Super Lawyers.
Best Lawyers named 73 Mintz attorneys to its 2017 list of The Best Lawyers in America. Mintz attorneys selected for inclusion in this year’s list span 44 practice areas.
Firm’s National Healthcare Practice, NY Corporate/M&A and Litigation: General Commercial Among Newest Rankings
Outlook 2016: More FCA Cases, Enforcement against Individuals
January 8, 2016
Mintz Member Tom Crane is quoted in this BNA’s Health Care Daily Report article discussing the expectation that the health care industry will face increased False Claims Act cases and enforcement actions in 2016.
The 2015 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide names 52 Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. attorneys as “Leaders in Their Fields.”
What Is The Anti-Kickback Statute?
January 1, 2015
Mintz Member and Chair of the Health Law Practice Karen S. Lovitch, Member Thomas S. Crane, and Associate Samantha P. Kingsbury co-authored a book published by the American Bar Association examining the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, one of the best-known federal fraud and abuse statutes, which prohibits transactions intended to induce or reward referrals for items or services reimbursed by the federal health care programs. The criminal statute has wide-ranging effects on business relationships in the health care, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors.