Jan 15, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations
In April 2020, CG attorneys wrote about the increased risk of government scrutiny for recipients of the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which initially provided over $349 billion in forgivable PPP loans to small businesses. As Congress authorized hundreds...
Jan 11, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, Government Investigations, Health Care
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a permanent injunction barring Matthew Ryncarz and his companies, Fusion Health and Vitality LLC (d/b/a Pharm Origins) and Fusion Ionz LLC (also d/b/a Pharm Origins), from selling unapproved drugs. ...
Jan 7, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, Employment Law
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and new treatments arise, the legal implications for employers also continue to evolve. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have speculated about the legal implications of workplace vaccine policies. Now that a vaccine...
Jan 7, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law
Several states, including Georgia, have passed laws regarding COVID-19 civil liability in the wake of the public health pandemic that dominated 2020 and continues to rage. Florida has come to the fold, with the introduction of House Bill 7 (HB7) on January 6, 2021. ...
Jan 5, 2021 | Health Care
In November 2019, CG Attorneys wrote about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) price transparency rule requiring hospitals to publish prices for services beginning in 2021. Under the rule, hospitals must provide customers the “standard charges”...