DOJ Deal In Medicare Fraud Case A 'Slap On The Wrist'
Healthcare startup Troy Medicare had big ambitions to revolutionize senior care in the Medicare Advantage market before justice officials learned that thousands of people were being fraudulently enrolled. A former Troy board member calls the company’s nonprosecution agreement a “slap on the wrist.”
Telehealth In Precarious Position As Shutdown Stretches On
With no resolution to the government shutdown emerging on Capitol Hill, some providers are continuing to offer telehealth services for Medicare patients, hoping Congress will provide retroactive funding. But not every provider is willing or able to take the risk.
3 Firms Advise On Qualtrics' $6.75B Press Ganey Forsta Buy
Goodwin Procter LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP are advising Qualtrics on its agreement to acquire Latham & Watkins LLP-led experience analytics firm Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 billion, in a deal the companies said will create the "most complete platform designed for experience management."
DOJ Deal In Medicare Fraud Case A 'Slap On The Wrist'
Healthcare startup Troy Medicare had big ambitions to revolutionize senior care in the Medicare Advantage market before justice officials learned that thousands of people were being fraudulently enrolled. A former Troy board member calls the company’s nonprosecution agreement a “slap on the wrist.”
Telehealth In Precarious Position As Shutdown Stretches On
With no resolution to the government shutdown emerging on Capitol Hill, some providers are continuing to offer telehealth services for Medicare patients, hoping Congress will provide retroactive funding. But not every provider is willing or able to take the risk.
3 Firms Advise On Qualtrics' $6.75B Press Ganey Forsta Buy
Goodwin Procter LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP are advising Qualtrics on its agreement to acquire Latham & Watkins LLP-led experience analytics firm Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 billion, in a deal the companies said will create the "most complete platform designed for experience management."
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