CMS Understanding Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA),… Thomas Sullivan Feb 18, 2016 0 Last year Congress and President Obama approved a bipartisan bill for United States healthcare reform, the bill known as…
Open Payments Open Payments 2016 Updates: Companies Should Report Retired and Deceased… Thomas Sullivan Feb 17, 2016 1 In politics it is sometimes noted that death does not necessarily prevent you from voting, in the case of Open Payments…
Congress Congress Seeks Feedback on Site-Neutral Provision of Bipartisan Budget Act… Thomas Sullivan Feb 17, 2016 0 House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman, Representative Fred Upton, and Subcommittee on Health Chairman,…
Congress Senate HELP Committee Moves Closer to Creating Corollary to 21st Century… Thomas Sullivan Feb 16, 2016 0 Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved a series of seven bills to work…
Open Payments Open Payments Question & Answer Session on February 16, 2016 Thomas Sullivan Feb 16, 2016 0 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services postponed the February 9, 2016 informal Question and Answer session to…
Drug Shortages US Continues to Face Drug Shortages Thomas Sullivan Feb 15, 2016 0 Once again we are facing national shortage of key drugs, including anesthetics, painkillers, antibiotics, and cancer…
CMS CMS Issues Final 60 Day Payment Rule Thomas Sullivan Feb 12, 2016 0 The Sixty Day Rule The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finally issued its final rule related to…
Healthcare Reform Bloomberg Health Law Reporter Outlook 2016 – Issues Driving the Healthcare… Thomas Sullivan Feb 11, 2016 0 Now that the year has gotten off to a quick start with all things healthcare-related, we would like to take a moment to…
BioSimilar BioSimilars: FDA Panel Overwhelming Recommends Approval of Remicade… Thomas Sullivan Feb 10, 2016 2 Yesterday an FDA Advisory panel overwhelmingly recommended the Celltrion/Pfizer biosimilar Remsima 21-3 for approval for…
Congress An Update on the Nomination of FDA Commissioner Robert Califf Thomas Sullivan Feb 9, 2016 0 An increasing number of senators are threatening to block Dr. Robert Califf's nomination to be the next Commissioner of…