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Adam Skorecki Awarded for Excellent Client Service Yonni Kim Named VP of Korean American Association AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Can FDA Be a Driving Force to Increase Access to Innovative Biomedical Technologies? AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS’ Independence at Home Demonstration: Deadlines, Requirements and Legal Risks AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS’ Independence at Home Demonstration: Deadlines, Requirements and Legal Risks Andrew Schutt Pictured in Georgia Music Georgia Legislative Update: January 30, 2012 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – North Carolina Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court’s Denial of Motion to Arbitrate AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Further Tightens Controls on Home Health Enrollment and Certification Processes AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia Court Grants Motion to Arbitrate Immigration Compliance Newsletter—January 2012 Arnall Golden Gregory Adds Miami Office, Expands Capabilities to Serve the Logistics Industry SHRM Quotes Anuj Desai Andrew Spector Quoted in FiercePharma Manufacturing Robert Belair and Kim Phan Publish Article about Prospects for Privacy Legislation Jon Neville Appears on Commercial Real Estate Show AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Proposed Rule Addresses Citizen Petitions Involving ANDAs and Section 505(b)(2) New Drug Applications AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Announces Delay of Two Demonstration Projects Targeting Improper Payment Georgia Legislative Update: January 17, 2012 David McAlister Appears on Channel 11 News AGG Healthcare Client Alert – EMTALA Case Update Keith Mauriello and Jessica Grozine Contribute to 2012 EMTALA Answer Book Keith Mauriello Appointed to State Bar of Georgia Health Law Section Executive Committee AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Issues Proposed Physician Payments Sunshine Act Regulations AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Extends Medicare Enrollment Revalidation Period AGG Client Alert – Asked. Answered. Now Move On: FDA Issues Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-label Information about Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices Diana Cohen Publishes Article in Daily Report Sidney Welch Quoted in American Medical News CBS Atlanta Quotes Teri Simmons AGG Donates Computers to Non-profit Organizations William Kitchens Elected to Board of Trustees of the National Health Museum AGG Healthcare Client Alert – 2012 PPS Final Rule Implements Quality Reporting Program for ASCs AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Schedule Recently Released AGG Forms Data Breach Response Team John Spinrad Quoted in Two Atlanta Business Chronicle Articles Steve Dorvee Featured in Daily Report AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Recent Prison Sentences Demonstrate Government Intent to Increase Criminal Prosecutions of Liable Corporate Officials AGG Healthcare Client Alert – OIG Advisory Opinion Cautions Against Percentage Fee Arrangements and Marketing Services, Takes Expansive View of Marketing AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia Court of Appeals Issues Favorable Opinion on Issues Addressed in Amicus Brief Filed by AGG Attorneys Alan Minsk Authors Article for Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor Eight AGG Lawyers Named Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite Glenn Hendrix Quoted in Daily Report Georgia Legislative Update: December 1, 2011 Michael Burke Provides Free Webinar on FCPA Compliance Jason Bring’s Latest Blog Submission Now Available AGG Client Alert – The End of the Euro? How the Euro’s Demise May Affect Your Business Rusty Paul Appears on Fox 5 Good Day Atlanta AGG Named One of the Most Influential Lobbying Organizations in Georgia Bob Shaw Featured in Atlanta Business Chronicle Georgia Legislative Update: November 18, 2011 Henry Chalmers publishes article in Fall 2011 Litigation News ABA Journal Quotes Glenn Hendrix AGG Client Alert – Is the $5 Million Gift Tax Exemption in Jeopardy? AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Pharmaceutical Patent Strategies on Display in Present Term of Supreme Court AGG Healthcare Client Alert – President Obama Issues Executive Order on Drug Shortages Brownfield Renewal—Georgia's New Risk-Based Voluntary Remediation Program AGG Attorneys Author Article for Law360 Real Estate Law360 Expert Analysis—"Arrested Redevelopment" John Gornall Quoted in Atlanta Business Chronicle AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Treasury Final Rule Allows Delivery of Federal Payments to Resident Trust and Patient Fund Accounts AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Announces Proposed Changes to Clarify Orphan Drug Regulations “Best Law Firms” Recognizes 28 AGG Practices AGG Attorneys Mentioned in Citybizlist Atlanta AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Releases Final ACO Regulations, Making Physician Participation Easier and Less Risky AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Considers Generic Drug User Fees AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA’s DDMAC Undergoes a Name Change and Gets New Divisions Ian Labitue Receives Outstanding Atlanta Award Teri Simmons Quoted in OnlineAthens AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Office of Inspector General Work Plan Announces New Focus Gwinnett Chamber Names AGG October 2011 Business of the Month Historic Marker in Newnan Commemorates Ellis Arnall’s Life AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Misses Deadline for Proposed Regulations for the Physicians Payment Sunshine Act AGG Healthcare Client Alert – New FDA Guidance Promises Streamlined Classification of Class III Medical Devices Rich Gardner Quoted in Becker’s Hospital Review Atlanta Bar Association Recognizes Jim Gober and Anuj Desai at Celebrating Service Luncheon Alan Minsk to Serve Another Term as General Counsel for PDMA Alliance AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS to Enforce Electronic Payment Requirement through the Provider Revalidation Process AGG Healthcare Client Alert – OIG Reports Find Claims for Physician Services Frequently Submitted with Incorrect Place-of-Service Code Steve Pepper Named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Atlanta Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year Glenn Hendrix Featured in ABA Journal AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Issues Final Rule for States to Implement Medicaid RAC Programs AGG Healthcare Client Alert – OIG Responds to Senators’ Request for Guidance on Physician Owned Distributorships AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Issues New Guidance Document on Minimizing Residual Drug in Transdermal and Related Products AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Guidance Provides Notice that Newly Marketed Unapproved Products May be Subject to Immediate Enforcement Action Neil Gordon Appointed President of NABT Jason Bring and Erin Kendall Draft Amicus Curiae Brief AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Risk-Based Approach to Monitoring Clinical Investigations AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Extends Time to Support Sunscreen Spray Products AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Proposed Changes to CLIA and HIPAA Allowing Direct Patient Access to Lab Results Carol Saul Quoted in Home Health Line AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Draft Guidance Broadens “New Dietary Ingredient” and Extends Notification Requirements AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia Department of Community Health Opens Provider Registration for the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Althea Broughton Featured in ABC’s People in the News Abe Schear Authors Article for AJT Sidney Welch Mentioned in Georgia Health News AGG Healthcare Client Alert – GAO Releases Report on Quality of Care in Private Investment Nursing Homes AGG Healthcare Client Alert – HHS Issues Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules—Includes Proposed Changes by CMS, OCR and FDA Bob Dow Named Volunteer Lawyer of the Month Phil Skinner Mentioned in ABC Richard Gardner Appointed to Board for State Trade Association for Hospice and Palliative Care AGG Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2012 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Announces Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative in Effort to Save Money and Improve Care Kitchens and Minsk Contribute to Medical Devices Law and Regulation Answer Book AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Eleventh Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Arbitration of Consumer Claims AGG Healthcare Client Alert – When Being Open Isn’t Enough: FDA Issues Notices of Violation for Use of Open-label Studies to Support Marketing Claims AGG Healthcare Client Alert – EMTALA Case Update Jarvin Levison Featured in Daily Report Jon Neville Appears on Commercial Real Estate Show AGG Attorneys Featured in ABC’s ‘The Dealmakers’ AGG Healthcare Client Alert – False Claims Act Suit for Stark Violation Illustrates Increased Government Scrutiny AGG Healthcare Client Alert – OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Addressing “Swapping” Arrangements Tycho Stahl Brings Business to Atlanta AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Details Emerge About Looming OCR HIPAA Audits AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS to Finalize Nursing Home Ownership Disclosure Rules in 2012 AGG Attorneys Featured on U.S.-Ukraine Business Council Website Michael Burke Leads ABA International Law Section Jeff Lewis Quoted in Savannah Morning News AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Changes to Existing Devices and When to Submit a New 510(k) AGG Healthcare Client Alert – On Your Mark, Get Set... Wait: FDA Issues Enforcement Letter for Unlawful Pre-approval Promotion Keith Mauriello Selected for AHLA Leadership Program ABA honors Wilhelm Ziegler with Outstanding Stand Alone Program Award AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Proposes Change to PDMA Pedigree Requirements AGG Healthcare Client Alert – New Vermont Law Modifies Gift Reporting Requirements for Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Reduces Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2012 Sidney Welch organizes program for the Fourth Annual State Bar Diversity Pipeline Dorvee and Gordon Publish Article in Intellectual Property Today Scott Bertschi Publishes Article in Legal Management Abe Schear publishes article in The Jerusalem Post Rubinger and Grozine Published in AHLA LTC-SIR Advisor John Brown Mentioned in Georgia Health News AGG Healthcare Client Alert – OCR HIPAA Audit Update AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Proposes Mobile Medical "App" Guidelines National Law Journal Interviews Michael Burke Andrew Schutt Joins Georgia Music Partners’ Board of Directors AGG Adds International Business, Food and Drug Practices to DC Office Teri Simmons Elected Chair of AILA Customs and Border Protection Liaison Committee AGG Attorneys Contribute to Fundamentals of US Regulatory Affairs AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Diagnostic Tests Used with Targeted Drug Therapies AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia Medical Board Proposes Physician Recovery Program Jason Bring Writes for Long-Term Living Blog Bill Kitchens Quoted in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Abe Schear Appears on Blogtalkradio’s Teach Me Law AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Issues Proposed Payment Increases and Quality Reporting Changes for Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgery Centers AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Revises Medicare Provider and Supplier Enrollment Applications Jeff Adams Quoted in Inman News Article Brian Smith Publishes Article and Wil Ziegler Mentioned in AVLF Pro Bono Links Newsletter AGG Healthcare Client Alert - OIG Announces Webpage For Quality Of Care Corporate Integrity Announcement AGG Healthcare Client Alert - CMS Issues Guidance to State Survey Agencies on Elder Justice Act Reporting AGG Healthcare Client Alert - CMS Releases Revised Provider-Supplier Enrollment Fact Sheets AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Recommends Reducing Financial Incentives for Ordering Ancillary Services AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Issues Final Rule on Sunscreen Labeling Darryl Laddin quoted in Atlanta Business Chronicle AGG Client Alert - Georgia E-Verify Mandate July 1, 2011 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Final Rule will Prohibit Medicaid Payments for Preventable Healthcare-Acquired Conditions AGG Healthcare Client Alert – First Circuit Reverses District Court Dismissal of False Claims Case Against Device Maker AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Issues Guidance to State Medicaid Programs on Options for Protecting Assets of Same-Sex Couples Sidney Welch quoted in American Bar Association News Service AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Proposed Rule for Hospice Wage Index Includes Changes to Hospice Cap Formula and Face-to-face Encounter AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Federal Court in Arkansas Rules Arbitration Agreement No Consideration for Medicaid Regulations AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia DCH Announces Town Hall Meeting on Post-acute Levels of Care Sidney Welch Quoted in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Sidney Welch quoted in American Medical News Henry Chalmers publishes article in Litigation News Alan Westin Gives Keynote Discussion at Health Privacy Summit Litigation News – "Civil Death Penalty" Sanction May Not Implicate Due Process Concerns AGG Partners and Practices Recognized by Chambers USA AGG practices recognized in new Legal 500 rankings AGG Healthcare Client Alert – EMTALA Case Update AGG Healthcare Client Alert – HHS Proposes Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Changes to Facebook’s Comment Policies to Affect Social Media Practices for Pharmaceutical Companies AGG Partners with The Venza Group to Produce Compliance Training Henry Chalmers publishes article on ABA website Immigration Compliance Newsletter – June 2011 Jason Bring and Erin Kendall Publish Article on False Claims Act in Long-Term Living Aaron Danzig quoted on InsideCounsel website Steven Kaye quoted in Medical Office Today Abe Schear quoted in Shopping Center Business AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Signals Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Reduction AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Grandfathered Drugs: What’s Behind the Huge Price Increases? Abe Schear Interviews Dene Oliver for Shopping Center Business National Law Journal interviews Matthew Wilson Carol Saul quoted in Home Health Interactive Scott Fisher Appears on the Commercial Real Estate Show Sidney Welch Quoted in Becker’s Hospital Review AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Requests Input on User Fee Program for Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biological Products AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Clarifies Assessment Reference Date Policy in Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for SNFs Proposed Rule Teri Simmons Named International Affairs Honoree Abe Schear Quoted in AJC Jon Neville to Appear on the Commercial Real Estate Show Teri Simmons Quoted in NRI Pulse Brian Smith to Judge Battle of the Lawyer Bands Edward Marshall Quoted in Fiduciary News AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Watch This Space: Long-Awaited HITECH Final Regs Are On the Way! AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Nursing Facilities Should Update Policies and Procedures to Comply with Closure Notification Rules AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Issues Final Rule on Credentialing and Privileging Alan Minsk Quoted in Drug Topics Scott Fisher Appears on the Commercial Real Estate Show Anuj Desai Serves as Judge at 2011 SIFE USA National Exposition Abe Schear in Biznow Atlanta AGG Healthcare Client Alert – DCH Division of Health Planning Revises Recent CON Batching Notice for Nursing Facilities, Extending Deadlines but Limiting Eligibility AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Prescription Drug Data-mining Case AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia E-Verify Immigration Law Goes Into Effect January 2012 Teri Simmons Quoted in Columbus Business First Karen Bragman Named Inspirational Champion, to Appear on 97.1 The River Becker’s Hospital Review Publishes Article by Carol Saul AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CCTP Demonstration Project Launch and Looming Penalties Under PPACA Put Hospital Readmission Rates in the Spotlight AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Establishes Shorter Time Period for Enforcing Medicare Requirements and Monetary Penalties on Nursing Facilities AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Issues Ruling and Proposed Rule on Hospice Cap Calculations Immigration Compliance Newsletter – April 2011 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Announces Strategies to Reduce the Misuse and Misprescribing of Long-Acting and Extended-Release Prescription Pain Medications AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Proposes Expansion of Clinical Investigator Disqualification in New Rule AGG Healthcare Client Alert – AMA Authors Letter on Regulatory Burden to CMS GlobalAtlanta Interviews Glenn Hendrix about Global Arbitration Center Abe Schear Interviews Alan Borocas for Shopping Center Business Georgia Legislative Update: April 20, 2011 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia General Assembly Passes Senate Bill 178 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Publishes Guidance for Industry on How to Write a Request for Designation Simmons and Pocalyko Write Opinion Piece for AJC AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Releases Proposed ACO Regulations AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Delays Draft Guidance on Use of Social Media in Product Promotion AGG Healthcare Client Alert – DCH to Accept CON Applications for New or Expanded SNFs and ICFs Georgia Legislative Update: April 11, 2011 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – HHS Issues Report to Congress on National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Publishes Draft Guidance on Medication Guides in Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia DCH Receives Approval for Statewide Health Information Exchange; Grant Funds Activated Georgia Legislative Update: April 4, 2011 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Fifth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals Issue Decisions Affirming Invalidity of Hospice Cap Regulation AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Supreme Court Rules Securities Fraud Claims May Be Brought When Pharmaceutical Company Fails to Disclose Reports of Adverse Events Phil Skinner to Appear on the Commercial Real Estate Show Georgia Legislative Update: March 28, 2011 Sidney Welch Interviewed by Becker’s Hospital Review Jon Neville to Appear on the Commercial Real Estate Show AGG Healthcare Client Alert – OIG Releases Report on Nursing Homes’ Employment of People with Criminal Convictions AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Georgia Medicaid Disease Management Contractor Settles False Claims Act Suit Georgia Legislative Update: March 14, 2011 Henry Chalmers Publishes Article in Litigation News Litigation News – Delaware Supreme Court Approves Poison Pill Trigger Below 5 Percent Brian Smith Quoted in Two Articles from AJC Jennifer Burgar Published in AHLA Physician Organizations Newsletter Arnall Golden Gregory Receives Global Partner Award Georgia Legislative Update: March 9, 2011 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Joint Commission’s New Hospital Standards for Interpreter Services Enter One-year Pilot Phase AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Extension of the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula Would Freeze Medicare Payments to Physicians for Two Years Alan Minsk Authors Article for Product Liability Law & Strategy Joseph Alley Quoted in CFA Magazine Jason Bring and Sidney Welch Interviewed on Growing Professional Services Radio AGG Complimentary Compliance Webinar Draws 83 Participants 2011Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Brian Smith Mentioned in Real Estate Rooster Sidney Welch Published in AMA Manual on Accountable Care Organizations Georgia Legislative Update: February 23, 2011 AGG Healthcare Client Alert – FDA Launches Website to Track Status of 515 Program Initiative AGG Healthcare Client Alert – Medicare Fraud Task Force Arrests More Than 100 Individuals AGG Healthcare Client Alert – CMS Extends Deadline for States to Implement Medicaid RAC Programs Michael Holbein Featured in Daily Report Daily Report Features New Partners at AGG Henry Perlowski Quoted on Monster.com Robert Rothman Nominated to ABA Board of Governors Scott Shuman Pictured in Bisnow Atlanta Newsletter

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