Policy & Medicine - Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Issues

Over the past few months, we have reported several times that Congress is particularly interested in how the Department of Health…

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) recently released its Newsletter, which contained a number of…

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released its Semiannual…

A recent article discussed “the current polemic against conflict of interest, relationships between physicians and the ‘medical…

As we wait for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish the final regulations implementing the Physician…

One of the central pieces to the Affordable Care Act (PPACA), along with the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) was the…

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New York), in a 2-1 opinion, vacated the criminal conviction of a…

Annually, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) prepares a summary of the most significant management and performance challenges…

Almost everyone in the healthcare industry unequivocally recognizes that “patients and the public benefit when physicians and…

In late September, the Massachusetts Public Health Council passed the first round for emergency regulations to amend the 2008…