Drug Prices Administration Backs Away from Plan to Ban Rebates to PBMs Thomas Sullivan Aug 22, 2019 0 Recently, the Administration announced it was withdrawing a controversial plan to ban drugmaker rebates to pharmacy benefit…
Transparency Transparency Push in Pharma: Will it Result in Lower Prices to Patients? Thomas Sullivan Aug 21, 2019 0 Pharmaceutical industry price transparency has been a hot topic since even before the 2016 presidential election. Now, just over…
Drug Prices Not to be outdone by their neighbor to the South, Canada announces new… Thomas Sullivan Aug 20, 2019 0 In early August 2019, the Canadian government announced regulations to reduce patented drug prices, with the intent to save…
Drug Prices Implementation of Florida Drug Importation Law Faces Uphill Battle Thomas Sullivan Aug 19, 2019 0 This summer has been the summer of reimportation with the Trump administration proposing pathways for national reimportation. The…
Anti Kickback United States Files False Claims Suit Against Life Spine, Inc. &… Thomas Sullivan Aug 16, 2019 0 The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York recently announced that the United States has filed a…
CMS CMS Proposed 2020 Medicare Hospital Payment System Rule Includes: Total… Thomas Sullivan Aug 15, 2019 0 The Trump administration is continuing the push for hospitals to disclose to patients how much they charge for all supplies, tests…
CME Connecticut Law Modifies CME Requirements Relating to Alzheimer’s Disease Thomas Sullivan Aug 14, 2019 0 On July 1, 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a bill relating to continuing medical education (“CME”)…
Congress Concerns About Unintended Consequences of Drug Pricing Transparency Bills Thomas Sullivan Aug 13, 2019 0 As we previously reported, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on May 21, 2019 on improving drug…
CMS CMS Issues Informational Bulletin on DUR Provisions Under the SUPPORT Act Thomas Sullivan Aug 12, 2019 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires each State Medicaid Program to submit to CMS an annual report on the…
International Health Canada Seeks Feedback on Guidance Regarding Non-Promotional Messages Thomas Sullivan Aug 9, 2019 0 Health Canada recently published a draft guidance document, “The Distinction Between Promotion and Non-Promotional Messages and…