Congress Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Opioid Response Thomas Sullivan Nov 1, 2017 0 The Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) convened a hearing in early October to examine the federal…
Congress United States Senate Focuses on Opioids Thomas Sullivan Oct 31, 2017 0 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, along with 10 of his Republican Committee colleagues, recently called on the…
Anti Kickback Will Your Whistle Be Heard at Home? Thomas Sullivan Oct 31, 2017 0 The distinct split between the Second and Fifth Circuit Courts’ interpretation as to when whistleblower protections are allowed…
Anti Kickback Founder and Owner of Insys Arrested Thomas Sullivan Oct 30, 2017 0 Late last week, John N. Kapoor, the founder and majority owner of Insys Therapeutics, Inc., was arrested and charged with leading…
Compliance Getting Serious About Fraud – The DOJ Charges 412 Thomas Sullivan Oct 30, 2017 0 With the new administration, there appears to be a renewed commitment to enforcing anti-kickback rules against healthcare…
DOJ Aegerion Resolves Criminal and Civil Actions Thomas Sullivan Oct 27, 2017 0 Aegerion recently finalized a $40.1 million settlement that resolves civil and criminal charges over its marketing of JUXTAPID®.…
Life Science Compliance Update UPDATE: Round 2 with Ohio’s Drug Sample Verification Requirements Thomas Sullivan Oct 27, 2017 0 In the September issue of the Life Science Compliance Update, the authors discussed the new Ohio drug distribution verification…
Congress House Passes Medicare Part B Improvement Bill Thomas Sullivan Oct 26, 2017 0 Earlier this year the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill, the Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017. The…
CMS OIG Faults CMS for Improper Payment Rates Thomas Sullivan Oct 25, 2017 0 Under the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to…
Life Science Compliance Update The Expanding Frontier – Commercial Interactions with Patients and… Thomas Sullivan Oct 25, 2017 0 Over the past two decades, the role that patients play in their health care has dramatically shifted. As a result, there is an…