CMS CMS Announces Medicare Part B Final Rule Permitting Step Therapy on New… Thomas Sullivan Jun 7, 2019 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a final rule permitting Medicare Part B plans, including those…
Open Payments Open Payments Annual Report to Congress Shows Fourth Straight Year of $8… Thomas Sullivan Jun 6, 2019 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published its Annual Report to Congress on the Open Payments Program.…
FDA OMB Memo Outlines All FDA Guidance’s Will Be Reviewed by the White House… Thomas Sullivan Jun 5, 2019 0 The Trump administration recently issued new guidelines that will expand White House and congressional oversight and review of…
Drug Prices Nevada Releases Diabetes Drug Transparency Report and Passes SB262 Adding… Thomas Sullivan Jun 4, 2019 0 We have previously written about the law in Nevada requiring reporting for pharmaceutical representatives and the law that…
Medical Legal Supreme Court Sends Merck’s Fosamax Product Liability Case Back to Appeals… Thomas Sullivan Jun 3, 2019 0 The US Supreme Court vacated and remanded a products liability case involving claims alleging a failure to warn about risks of…
DTC DTC Studies Shows Patients Next Step is to Research Their Own Conditions Thomas Sullivan May 31, 2019 0 As reported by Regulatory Focus, a new review of studies of direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising identifies…
Medical Legal Oklahoma Opioid Trial Starts…Against Only One Defendant: Johnson and… Thomas Sullivan May 30, 2019 0 In June 2017, the state of Oklahoma sued several pharmaceutical companies for their alleged roles in the state’s opioid epidemic.…
Uncategorized HHS-OIG Quarterly Report on Medicare Part B Identifies 10 Drugs for… Thomas Sullivan May 29, 2019 0 The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) provided its quarterly report on the…
Uncategorized DOJ Issues New Guidance for FCA Compliance Cooperation Credit Thomas Sullivan May 28, 2019 0 The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued new guidance to its litigators on cooperation credit in False Claims Act cases. This new…
Congress MedPAC Provides Congress Policy Options to Reigning-In Specialty Drug… Thomas Sullivan May 24, 2019 0 On April 4-5, 2019, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (“MedPAC”) held a public meeting in Washington, DC to discuss issues…