Congress MACRA Progress Report: Subcommittee on Health Hearing Thomas Sullivan Mar 31, 2016 0 According to Politico the draft rule for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) has been…
HHS New HIPAA Audits Announced Thomas Sullivan Mar 30, 2016 0 After many years of anticipation, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) launched a new round of audits to gauge compliance…
FDA FDA Announces Labeling Changes for Immediate Release Opioid Medications Thomas Sullivan Mar 29, 2016 0 The United States Food and Drug Administration has announced new required class-wide safety labeling changes for…
Medical Legal More Legal Trouble Ahead for Horizon Pharma Thomas Sullivan Mar 29, 2016 0 Horizon Pharma has been in the spotlight for questionable ties to specialty pharmacies and its patient assistance…
Corporate Integrity Agreements Respironics Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement Thomas Sullivan Mar 28, 2016 0 One more False Claims Act case has been settled; this time Respironics, Inc., who allegedly violated the False Claims…
Congress House Oversight Committee: America’s Heroin and Opioid Abuse Epidemic Thomas Sullivan Mar 25, 2016 0 On the same day that the FDA issued black box warning to all immediate release opioids, the House Committee on Oversight…
FCPA Novartis Settles China Foreign Corrupt Practices Complaint Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2016 0 Novartis AG has settled civil charges against the company, for $25 million to the United States Securities and Exchange…
Collaborations Senate HELP Committee Continues Work on 21st Century Cures Corollary Thomas Sullivan Mar 23, 2016 0 Earlier this week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on a package of…
Conflict of Interest ProPublica: Tying Open Payments Physician Data to Medicare Part D Data Thomas Sullivan Mar 22, 2016 0 ProPublica is once again trying to make a "correlation equals causation" argument between payments made to physicians…
CDC CDC Releases Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids Thomas Sullivan Mar 21, 2016 0 The dramatic increase in overdose deaths due to opioids has been a major focus of political and medical leaders over the…