Kroger to Pay $68 Million in West Virginia Opioid Settlement
Recently, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that his office reached a $68 million settlement with Kroger,…
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FTC Proposes Amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule
Recently, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed amendments to modernize and strengthen the Health…
Drug Shortages Continue to Worsen
Shortages of life-saving drugs, including cancer drugs, have been in the news in recent months. The United States House of…
Tenet Healthcare Corporation Resolves False Claims Act Allegations for More…
Recently, VHS of Michigan – doing business as The Detroit Medical Center Inc (DMC), Vanguard Health Systems Inc. (Vanguard), and…
CMS Updating Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Process
Earlier this year, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an update to its enforcement…
Study Finds that Hospital Quality Measure Reporting Did Not Lead to Quality…
Recently, a study was conducted that found that the public reporting of hospital quality measures did not lead to overall quality…
Morris & Dickson’s Controlled Substance License Revoked
Recently, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that, barring a settlement, it will revoke Morris…
Will Insulin Pricing Change the Pharmaceutical Industry?
Recently, Dr. Robert Popovian, Erin Delaney, and Dr. Michael Mandel published an editorial for the Progressive Policy Institute,…
Senate Finance Committee Releases Framework for PBM Solutions
Recently, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden and Ranking Member Mike Crapo issued a bipartisan framework that outlines the…
HIPAA Enforcement Discretion Ends as Part of COVID Public Health Emergency…
As with many other things, the Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued during the COVID-19 public health emergency by the…