Company: WHWK
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-009599
Chunk: 397

Company: Whitehawk Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-21
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 397
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itious, or 
 fraudulent statements or representations in connection with the delivery of, or payment for, healthcare benefits, items or services relating to healthcare matters; similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or entity does not need to 
 have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation;                                                                                                                                         |

| • |     | HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”)                                                                                                                                                   
 and their respective implementing regulations, including the Final Omnibus Rule published in January 2013, which impose requirements on certain covered healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses as well as their respective    
 business associates, independent contractors or agents of covered entities, that perform services for them that involve the creation, maintenance, receipt, use, or disclosure of, individually identifiable health information relating to the privacy, 
 security and transmission of individually identifiable health information. HITECH also created new tiers of civil monetary penalties, amended HIPAA to make civil and criminal penalties directly applicable to business associates, and gave state      
 attorneys general new authority to file civil actions for damages or injunctions in federal courts to enforce the federal HIPAA laws and seek attorneys’ fees and costs associated with pursuing federal civil actions;                                  |

| • |     | the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires applicable manufacturers of covered drugs, devices, 
 biologics and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or                |

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| the Children’s Health Insurance Program, with specific exceptions, to annually report to CMS information regarding certain payments and other transfers of value made to covered recipients in                                                            
 the previously year, including physicians (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), certain non-physician healthcare professionals (such as physician assistants and                                           
 nurse practitioners, among others), and teaching hospitals, as well as information regarding ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members; our failure to submit required information timely, accurately, and 
 completely may result in significant civil monetary penalties and may increase our liability under other federal laws or regulations; and                                                                                                                 |

| • |     | additionally, we are subject to state and foreign equivalents of each of the healthcare laws and regulations                                                                                                                                             
 described above, among others, some of which may be broader in scope and may apply regardless of the payor. Many U.S. states have adopted laws similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act