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POD Kickbacks Land Entire Medical System in Hot Water
In late October 2019, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a settlement with Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center, and…
Step Therapy: Is it Really More Cost Effective?
Step therapy, the requirement that more cost effective/inexpensive drugs and therapies must be prescribed for a patient before a…
Florida AHCA Submits Concept Paper to HHS
Recently, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) recently submitted a “concept paper” to the United States…
Health Canada Seeks Feedback on Guidance Regarding Non-Promotional Messages
Health Canada recently published a draft guidance document, “The Distinction Between Promotion and Non-Promotional Messages and…
GSK Modifies Ethics-Based Representative Compensation
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been known to have some of the strictest pay rules in the pharmaceutical industry, due at least in part…
Is Divided Government Bad for Pharma?
Reasonable people may disagree about whether our currently divided government is a good thing or a bad thing, especially as it…
ACPE Announces the Retirement of Executive Director
Earlier this month, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) announced that its executive director, Dr. Peter…
HHS OIG Releases Proposed Rule on Safe Harbor Regulations Under AKS
On January 31, 2018, United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Inspector General Daniel Levinson…
Merck Case Makes it to SCOTUS, Focuses on Who Has Final Say in Warning…
On January 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments about who has the final say in warnings…
Philly Gift Ban Stalled…Though Perhaps Only Temporarily
We have written several times about the physician “gift” ban that was proposed last year by Philadelphia City Councilman Bill…