Anti Kickback TAF to Pay $4 Million to Resolve Kickback Claims Thomas Sullivan Dec 13, 2019 0 Recently, The Assistance Fund (TAF) announced that it reached an agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and…
Drug Prices Humira and Lyrica Top List of Drugs with Steep Price Hikes Thomas Sullivan Dec 12, 2019 0 The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (“ICER”) recently released a revised study entitled Unsupported Price Increase…
CMS According to CMS 1,500 Hospitals Will Receive Bonus Payments in 2020 Thomas Sullivan Dec 11, 2019 0 According to CMS, more than 1,500 participating hospitals will receive nearly $1.9 billion in bonuses for the fiscal year 2020…
Transparency Hospital Groups Sue to Stop Price Transparency Rule Thomas Sullivan Dec 10, 2019 0 Last week, hospital groups filed suit to stop the Price Transparency Rule. As we reported, the Trump Administration recently…
Drug Prices Generic Pharmaceutical Company Admits to Price Fixing Thomas Sullivan Dec 9, 2019 0 The Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that a generic pharmaceutical company,…
DOJ DOJ Charges Numerous Medical Professionals in Latest Round of Healthcare… Thomas Sullivan Dec 6, 2019 0 The US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has recently announced several healthcare fraud enforcement actions, charging 149 people for…
FDA FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Immunogenicity Studies for Biosimilar… Thomas Sullivan Dec 5, 2019 0 Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released a draft guidance which provides recommendations regarding the need…
CMS CMS Explores Use of AI to Improve Program Integrity Tools Thomas Sullivan Dec 4, 2019 0 Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a request for information (“RFI”) to obtain input on…
Congress Feedback Solicited for Cures 2.0 Thomas Sullivan Dec 3, 2019 0 United States Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI), the lead authors of the 21st Century Cures Act, recently…
CMS CMS Administrator Seema Verma Criticizes High Drug Launch Prices Thomas Sullivan Dec 2, 2019 0 At the recent Milken Institute’s Future of Health Summit in Washington, DC, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”)…