Below is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session.
McCONNELL WANTS BIPARTISAN DEAL ON DRUG PRICES BY JULY
To schedule time for debate in the Senate on legislation to
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Health Law Update, published by Baker & Hostetler LLP, focuses on legal developments and regulatory issues in the healthcare sector. The blog covers topics such as FDA regulations and guidance, drug and biological product approvals, medical device cybersecurity, pharmaceutical compounding laws, and litigation related to healthcare products and services. It also addresses emerging issues like the use of artificial intelligence in drug development and legal challenges to healthcare policies and approvals. The content is aimed at providing updates on compliance, enforcement, and policy changes affecting healthcare providers, manufacturers, and related stakeholders.
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Clarity and Transparency: DOJ Issues Updated Corporate Compliance Guide
By Susrut A. Carpenter, Carl W. Hittinger and George A. Stamboulidis
On April 30, 2019, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released a new corporate compliance guidance document for prosecutors titled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance…
Capitol Hill Healthcare Update
By Chris Jones
Below is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session. Note that because Congress will be in recess for the Memorial Day holiday, the next “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update” will…
Capitol Hill Healthcare Update
By Chris Jones
Here is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session
HOUSE TO VOTE ON BILL COMBINING ACA, DRUG PRICING PROVISIONS
The House is scheduled to vote on legislation Thursday that…
Capitol Hill Healthcare Update
By Chris Jones
Here is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session.
DRUG PRICES: CONGRESS RETURNS, PICKS UP WHERE LAWMAKERS LEFT OFF
Congress reconvenes today after a two-week spring recess, with lawmakers…
Two rules both alike in dignity: CMS and ONC release proposed rules to advance interoperability
On Feb. 11, 2019, two Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), released their long-awaited proposed rules designed to…
Deter Workforce Snooping in Electronic Medical Records Through Education and Training
On March 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Linda Sue Kalina pled guilty to wrongfully disclosing the protected health information (PHI) of another individual in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996…
Clearly Defined HIPAA and FERPA Policies May Help Covered Entities in Defending a Claim for Unemployment Compensation
Recently, in Dantry v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, No. 1665 C.D. 2017 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2019), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed the order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which had affirmed the Unemployment Compensation Referee’s decision…
Senate Democrats recently introduced the Stop Price Gouging Act
Senate Democrats recently introduced the Stop Price Gouging Act (S. 378), which seeks to place an excise tax on pharmaceutical companies in proportion to price spikes on prescription drugs.
The bill generally requires a company to justify to the Department…
PE Investment in Physician Practice Management ‒ What’s to Come in 2019?
Private equity (PE) investors entered the physician practice management (PPM) market in 2011, and eight years later the PPM sector continues to be a ripe middle market for PE investors looking to diversify their portfolios. However, as the healthcare market…