Emanuel Announces Efforts to Combat Opioid Abuse Including Registering…
In early October, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a “series of efforts to combat heroin and opioid addiction throughout…
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2016
Tenet Healthcare to Pay $514 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a settlement with Tenet Healthcare Corporation and several subsidiaries,…
Open Payments Discussed at MedPAC November Meeting
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission meets publicly in Washington, D.C. to discuss various Medicare issues and policy…
Are We Seeing the End of OPDP?
The FDA OPDP issued enforcement letters have been on a steep decline since 2010. This article examines the numbers of OPDP letters…
MACPAC Focus on Drug Pricing
On October 27, 2016, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission’s (MACPAC) October public meeting, the Commission…
The Dilemma of Co-Pay Charities and Patient Access to Medication
Increasingly creative methods are being used by big pharma to increase sales. Drug manufacturers are donating billions of dollars…
Leahy, Wyden Send Letter to DOJ Regarding DEA Enforcement Actions
Recently, the ranking members of the Judiciary and Finance Committees, Senators Patrick Leahy and Ron Wyden, respectively, raised…
Congressional Leaders Question CMS Handling of Medicare Fraud
Leaders of three congressional committees have raised concerns about how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
Retaliation, Pre-taliation, and Whistleblower Hotlines: How Compliance…
Handling whistleblowers is one of the biggest challenges facing most compliance officers. Furthermore, recent actions taken by the…
Post-Election Decompression: Where Do We Go from Here?
After almost fifteen months of campaigning, polls, and 24/7 election coverage of “he-said-she-said,” we finally have our answer:…