HHS-OIG HHS OIG: Institutional Conflicts of Interests at NIH Grantees Thomas Sullivan Feb 4, 2011 0 The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is the nation’s medical…
Congress Shortage of Injection Treatments Looms over ACA Thomas Sullivan Feb 3, 2011 0 As the Obama Administration and federal agencies begin preparing for implementation of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act…
FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) Summary Thomas Sullivan Feb 3, 2011 0 According to a recent assessment by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD), “drug developers, healthcare…
Executive Branch IRS Releases Proposed ACA Fee Structure for Pharmaceutical Medical Device… Thomas Sullivan Feb 2, 2011 0 With implementation of the new device tax two years away, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is trying to determine which devices…
Academic Organizations University of Miami Business Forum: The Business of Healthcare –… Thomas Sullivan Feb 1, 2011 0 The University of Miami Schools of Business and Medicine held the University of Miami Global Business Forum. The event, entitled…
Events FDA Boot Camp — Hooah Thomas Sullivan Feb 1, 2011 1 As the regulatory landscape for pharmaceutical and medical device companies continues to rapidly change, and as key provisions of…
Affordable Care Act Florida Court Overturns Affordable Care Act – The Whole Thing, On the Road… Thomas Sullivan Jan 31, 2011 1 Today, United States District Judge Roger Vinson ruled that the entire health care overhaul is unconstitutional, but he stopped…
Academic Organizations ProPublica Intimidates Denver Area Hospitals and Medical Schools Thomas Sullivan Jan 31, 2011 0 The latest victim to fall to the irresponsible and questionable journalistic practices of the Pew funded ProPublica was the…
FDA FDA Seeks Input on Transparency Initiative Thomas Sullivan Jan 28, 2011 0 In June 2009, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg launched FDA’s Transparency Initiative to help…
CMS The Reimbursement Landscape for Novel Diagnostics: Current Limitations,… Thomas Sullivan Jan 27, 2011 0 The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently released a report entitled, “The Reimbursement Landscape for Novel…