January 2018

During the 2017 Oregon Legislature session, Senator Steiner Hayward and Representative Rob Nosse introduced legislation on…

Several articles about continuing medical education (CME) were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical…

In mid-January 2018, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met to discuss Medicare payment adequacy and vote on 2019…

During the January meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), staff and Commissioners discussed the Merit-based…

On October 27, 2017, CMS issued a draft Survey and Certification Memo (S & C Memo) in which it announced its intention to…

With the opioid crisis rapidly gaining steam, we are starting to see some of the legal ramifications from the overprescribing of…

The issue of substandard and counterfeit medicines has been known for some time. Since it is not often discussed openly, it is…

In AARP vs. EEOC, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates granted a motion by AARP to vacate the EEOC’s current wellness…

Immediately before the government shutdown, the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a markup to advance three health care…

In May 2018, the new European Union (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will replace the familiar Data Protection…