CMS MGMA Submits Comments to CMS in Support of Prior Authorization Reforms Thomas Sullivan Mar 23, 2023 0 The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) submitted comments to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
DOJ Fiscal Year 2022 False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $2… Thomas Sullivan Mar 22, 2023 0 In the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022, settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.2 billion. That…
Telemedicine Alliance for Connected Care Calls for Telehealth Flexibility Extension Thomas Sullivan Mar 21, 2023 0 With the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) set to expire on May 11, 2023, the Alliance for Connected Care wrote a letter to…
Telemedicine DEA Proposes Making Telemedicine Flexibilities Permanent Thomas Sullivan Mar 20, 2023 0 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced making permanent changes to the rules for prescribing controlled…
Clinical Research Could Simplified Clinical Trials Lead to More Diversity? Thomas Sullivan Mar 17, 2023 0 During comments made at the 2023 Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug…
FTC GoodRx Fined in First Violation of the Health Breach Notification Rule Thomas Sullivan Mar 16, 2023 0 The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a proposed order with the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding GoodRx…
Opioids Walgreens to Pay $83 Million in West Virginia Opioid Settlement Thomas Sullivan Mar 15, 2023 0 West Virginia and Walgreens reached an $83 million settlement, resolving claims over Walgreens’ role in perpetuating the opioid…
Medical Legal Pfizer Loses Anti-Kickback Case at SCOTUS Thomas Sullivan Mar 14, 2023 0 We previously wrote about the petition Pfizer filed at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), seeking the reversal of a…
Medical Legal Pharmaceutical Industry Sees a Win in 340B Fight Thomas Sullivan Mar 13, 2023 0 In a win for the pharmaceutical industry, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that the…
DOJ DOJ and HHS OIG Commit to Working Together to Protect Health Care Markets Thomas Sullivan Mar 10, 2023 0 Recently, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the…