November 2011

The Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, announced the launch of a landmark research initiative to…

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced the…

Over the past several months, the life sciences industry has been discussing a recent development in law enforcement: the…

Starting this month, healthcare organizations will be subject to audits by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), evaluating their…

As we noted earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) missed an October 1, 2011, mandatory deadline…

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Donald Berwick, MD resigned in the face of Republican pledges to block his…

A recent article from Bloomberg noted that, “Congressional talks to renew the fees drugmakers pay to fund Food and Drug…

Relationships between physicians and medical device manufacturers are essential to the development of new technologies and…

Over the past century, we have seen drastic and positive changes in the way our health care system operates, largely because of…

According to a recent survey, “more than 70% of dermatology residents and program directors say they believe that it is ethical…