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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.