Open Payments Open Payments Program: CMS Quietly Publishes Program Year 2022 Data Thomas Sullivan Jul 27, 2023 0 With little fanfare on June 30th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Program Year (PY) 2022 Open…
HHS-OIG HHS OIG Unveils New FAQ Program Expansion Thomas Sullivan Jul 26, 2023 0 The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced a quicker way…
Opioids Kroger to Pay $68 Million in West Virginia Opioid Settlement Thomas Sullivan Jul 25, 2023 0 Recently, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that his office reached a $68 million settlement with Kroger,…
FTC FTC Proposes Amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule Thomas Sullivan Jul 24, 2023 0 Recently, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed amendments to modernize and strengthen the Health…
Drug Shortages Drug Shortages Continue to Worsen Thomas Sullivan Jul 21, 2023 0 Shortages of life-saving drugs, including cancer drugs, have been in the news in recent months. The United States House of…
False Claims Act Tenet Healthcare Corporation Resolves False Claims Act Allegations for More… Thomas Sullivan Jul 20, 2023 0 Recently, VHS of Michigan – doing business as The Detroit Medical Center Inc (DMC), Vanguard Health Systems Inc. (Vanguard), and…
CMS CMS Updating Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Process Thomas Sullivan Jul 19, 2023 0 Earlier this year, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an update to its enforcement…
Transparency Study Finds that Hospital Quality Measure Reporting Did Not Lead to Quality… Thomas Sullivan Jul 18, 2023 0 Recently, a study was conducted that found that the public reporting of hospital quality measures did not lead to overall quality…
Opioids Morris & Dickson’s Controlled Substance License Revoked Thomas Sullivan Jul 17, 2023 0 Recently, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that, barring a settlement, it will revoke Morris…
Editorials Will Insulin Pricing Change the Pharmaceutical Industry? Thomas Sullivan Jul 14, 2023 0 Recently, Dr. Robert Popovian, Erin Delaney, and Dr. Michael Mandel published an editorial for the Progressive Policy Institute,…