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On July 6, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update payment policies…

Medical errors and unsafe care kill tens of thousands of Americans each year.  For example, an estimated two million…

The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), signed into law on July 9, 2012, gives FDA the authority to…

Fifty years ago you would arrive at the physician’s office to receive the ultimate source of knowledge on what could be wrong with…

Geisinger Health System and pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck recently announced that they will collaborate on a multi-year…

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) and the Pfizer Medical…

Many are wondering with the Supreme Court decision  where do we go from here.  The answer is, full steam ahead.  All those states…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted online an updated National Action Plan to eliminate healthcare-associated…

Guilty in the media, but dropped for lack of evidence, was the conclusion of the US Justice departments off label marketing probe…

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) officially proposed delaying the ICD-10 deadline by an extra year to Oct. 1,…