2011

According to a recent clearinghouse report, federal criminal prosecutions of health care fraud are up—way up—this year.  According…

Patient organizations are encouraging congress to drop burdensome conflict of interest quotas on FDA advisory panels which are…

In this month’s Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) newsletter, the ACCME reminded providers of several…

In 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) created the Health Care Fraud…

A diverse group of organizations and the congressional sponsors are asking HHS to give some guidance as to the time frame for the…

Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Bob Corker (R-TN) introduced the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act (S. 1734),…

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees, including special Government employees (SGE) serving as subject-matter…

According to a letter obtained by FDA Week, “a coalition of patient, consumer and public health advocates is bypassing the Food…

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a Medicare rule that considers requiring the…

Recently, we saw concerted attacks on clinical guidelines committees, but interestingly, not on the science coming out of them. …