Policy & Medicine - Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Issues

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

A recent article from the American College of Physicians look at new models of continuing medical education (CME), which seek not…

A recent initiative lead by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIM Foundation) and in partnership with…

The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently added to its list an additional four measures that focus on patients with asthma,…

According to their director, This Wednesday April 25th, 2012 the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an…

With the increased scrutiny on physician-industry collaboration and relationships, physicians, academic medical centers, and…

As explained in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) mission statement, it is FDA’s responsibility to (1) promote the public…

There has been a tremendous amount of attention surrounding drug shortages in the U.S. over the past several months—and rightly…

Next week, the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) will be holding its Ninth Annual National Summit on Health Disparities.  The…

Vermont’s Prescribed Products Gift Ban and Disclosure law bans most gifts to Vermont health care providers and requires…