HHS Announces $6.1 Billion in Savings on Prescriptions for Medicare Seniors since 2010
March 29, 2013
On March 21, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that Medicare-enrolled seniors have saved over $6.1 billion on prescription drugs since 2010...
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In Hopes of Reducing Hospital Readmissions, Senators Reintroduce Telehealth Technology Bill to the Senate
March 28, 2013
On March 18, Senators Thune (D-S.D.) and Klobuchar (D.Minn.) re-introduced a bipartisan bill that would expand the use of home health care telehealth technology by...
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OIG Releases Updated Guidelines for State False Claims Laws
March 27, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued updated guidelines to evaluate state false claims act legislation based on...
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Congress Pushes FDA to Issue Finalize Rules Regarding Mobile Healthcare Apps
March 26, 2013
This week, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee criticized the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for failing to finalize regulations and...
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Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Reforming the Healthcare System
March 25, 2013
On March 20, 2013, Richard Gilfillan, MD, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance...
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Food Safety Newsletter
March 22, 2013
FDA says sequester means fewer inspections and increased risk to consumers
FDA releases international food safety capacity-building plan...
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UK Competition Commission releases annotate issues statement on private healthcare market
March 22, 2013
The UK Competition Commission (the "CC") has recently published an annotated issues statement as part of its market investigation into the UK private healthcare...
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The Other Side of the Sunshine Act: Reporting Ownership & Investment Interests
March 21, 2013
Although efforts to prepare for Sunshine Act reporting often focus on payments and transfers of value, physician ownership and investment interests and the interests of...
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D.C. Circuit affirms that FDA properly approved generics
March 21, 2013
In 1988, Hill Dermaceuticals filed a successful new drug application with the FDA for a corticosteroid. The approval was for three separate products – body...
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Origination clause challenges to PPACA soon to be considered by the 4th Circuit and the District Court of D.C.
March 21, 2013
While the Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") individual mandate in a decision this past June, various groups have...
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Senate rejects amendment to defund the Affordable Care Act
March 20, 2013
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the Senate voted to reject an amendment that would have defunded President Obama's Affordable Care Act in a 45-52 vote. Senator...
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Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide medicare graduate medical education funding for 15,000 new medical residency positions
March 19, 2013
On March 14, Members Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Aaron Schock (R-ILL) introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives the Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act,...
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MedPAC considers higher medicare payments for services performed in hospital outpatient departments compared to physician offices
March 19, 2013
As we reported last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ("MedPAC") on March 7 considered the issue of higher Medicare payments for services...
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FDA issues final guidance addressing financial disclosure by clinical investigators
March 18, 2013
Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued final guidance to address financial disclosure by clinical investigators. The...
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CMS proposes to change its policy denying medicare part B payments for improper inpatient admissions
March 18, 2013
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On March 13, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a proposed rule that would enable hospitals to receive Medicare Part B...
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