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Group health plans do not violate Medicare’s Secondary Payer statute by offering all participants the same limited dialysis coverage

Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc., 596 U.S. __, No. 20–1641, 2022 WL 2203328 (June 21, 2022)

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Healthcare providers may not enforce the Medicaid Act’s anti-reassignment provision under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Polk v. Yee, __ F.4th __, No. 20–55266, 2022 WL 2062316 (9th Cir. June 8, 2022)

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HHS may not vary Medicare prescription drug reimbursement rates by hospital group unless it surveys hospital acquisition costs

American Hosp. Assn v. Beccera, 596 U.S. __, No. 20–1114, 2022 WL 2135490 (June 15, 2022)

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State-law formula for allocating tort settlement funds between past and future medical expenses not preempted by the Medicaid Act

Gallardo v. Marstiller, 596 U.S. __, No. 20–1263, 2022 WL 1914096 (June 6, 2022)

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State may lien a Medi-Cal beneficiary’s third-party tort settlement allocated to past medical expenses

Daniel C. v. White Memorial Medical Center (May 26, 2022, B308253) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 1682925]

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Party not bearing the burden of proof need not present medical causation evidence to a reasonable degree of medical probability.

Kline v. Zimmer, Inc. (May 26, 2022, B302544) __ Cal.App.5th ___ [2022 WL 1679539]

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The Knox-Keene Act does not permit (and the Government Claims Act otherwise bars) unaffiliated hospitals from suing counties for emergency services reimbursements

County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court (Apr. 26, 2022, H048486) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 1223254]

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Code of Civil Procedure section 425.13 broadly bars untimely punitive damages claims against health care providers arising from professional negligence.

Divino Plastic Surgery v. Superior Court of San Diego County (April 22, 2022, D079661) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL ________]

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Nondisclosure of hospital’s emergency room evaluation and management fee does not violate the Consumer Legal Remedies Act

Torres v. Adventist Health System/West (Apr. 14, 2022, F081415) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 1115068]

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Medicare need not reimburse critical access hospitals for the cost of keeping nonemergency specialty doctors on call

St. Helena Clear Lake Hospital v. Becerra, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 1051987 (D.C. Cir. March 31, 2021)

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Medicare Advantage plan beneficiaries must exhaust administrative remedies before seeking judicial review of a benefits claim

Global Rescue Jets, LLC v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., ___ F.4th ___, 2022 WL 1052671 (9th Cir. Apr. 8, 2022)

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Section 1278.5 whistleblower claims are analyzed under the McDonald Douglas framework, not the Lawson framework

Scheer v. Regents of the Univ. of California (Mar. 28, 2022, B303379) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 896766]

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Hospital liable for adopting policies that failed to protect female mental patients against the risk of sexual assault

Samantha B. v. Aurora Vista Del Mar, LLC (April 5, 2022, B302321) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 1010252]

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State regulatory board actions may violate the Sherman Antitrust Act

SmileDirectClub, LLC v. Tippins (9th Cir. March 17, 2022, No. 20-55735) _ F.4th _ [2022 WL 804146]

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The rule of academic deference is no defense against a medical resident’s FEHA discrimination and retaliation claims

Khoiny v. Dignity Health (Mar. 16, 2022, B301486) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 794826]

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Medical malpractice settlement agreement may not prohibit reporting the incident to the Medical Board

Pappas v. Chang (Mar. 3, 2022, A159792, A160293) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 620997]

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Residential care facility cannot enforce arbitration agreement signed by resident’s son absent evidence he was his father’s agent

Rogers v. Roseville SH, LLC (Feb. 8, 2022, C089561) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 655631], ordered published March 4, 2022

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The PREP Act neither requires providers to work under federal officials nor completely preempts state law

Saldana v. Glenhaven Healthcare LLC, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 518989 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2022)

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MICRA applies to inadequately supervised physician assistants

Lopez v. Ledesma (Feb. 24, 2022, S262487) __ Cal.5th __ [2022 WL 553421]

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“Abandonment of patient” jury instruction inapplicable where physician ensured continuity of care

Zannini v. Liker (Jan. 31, 2022, B302404) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 278531]