Congress Senate HELP Committee Discusses Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Thomas Sullivan Feb 16, 2022 0 On February 1, 2022, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing, Mental Health and…
False Claims Act Hayat Pharmacy Reaches $2 Million Settlement Over False Claims Act… Thomas Sullivan Feb 15, 2022 0 Earlier this year, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $2.05 million settlement with Milwaukee pharmacy…
Medical Legal Dia-Foot Reaches $5.5 Million Settlement with the DOJ Over “Custom” Shoe… Thomas Sullivan Feb 14, 2022 0 Earlier this year, Foot Care Store, Inc. d/b/a Dia-Foot reached a $5,538,338 settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over…
Open Payments Study Published on the Relationship Between Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons and… Thomas Sullivan Feb 11, 2022 0 In November 2021, the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) published a research article on Orthopaedic…
Anti Kickback Cardinal Health Resolves Kickback Allegations for $13 Million Thomas Sullivan Feb 10, 2022 0 On January 31, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $13 million settlement with Cardinal Health, Inc.,…
AMA The Great Resignation in Healthcare: Is it Coming? Thomas Sullivan Feb 9, 2022 0 The American Medical Association recently published a story that found one in five physicians are likely to leave their current…
Academic Organizations Are All Conflicts of Interest Disclosed in Medical Journals? Thomas Sullivan Feb 8, 2022 0 A study was recently done to assess the accuracy of self-reported conflict-of-interest (COI) disclosures in the New England…
Congress HELP Committee Releases Discussion Draft of Bipartisan Legislation Aimed at… Thomas Sullivan Feb 7, 2022 0 In late January 2022, Senators Patty Murray and Richard Burr (Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and…
Transparency Hospital Price Disclosures Still Not Perfect Thomas Sullivan Feb 4, 2022 0 In mid-December 2021, a study published in JAMA Open Network concluded that the CMS rule requiring hospitals in the United States…
Academic Organizations Letter to the Editor — Need for Increased Funding for Residency and… Thomas Sullivan Feb 4, 2022 0 From time to time, we receive letters to the editors on a story. Today we received this well writing letter from Natalie Bullock,…