News & Analysis as of

Pharmaceutical Industry Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA)

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

DEA Implements CARA, Enlisting Mid-Level Practitioners in the War on Opioid Addiction

Prior to the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) only “physicians” could dispense and prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance and detoxification treatment. CARA expanded who may prescribe for maintenance...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Proposed Medicare Advantage and Part D Regulations for CY 2019 – CMS Takes on the Opioid Epidemic

Americans today are facing an opioid epidemic that stems in part from the misuse of prescription drugs. CMS takes aim at this crisis in its CY 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule (Proposed Rules) by setting out a...more

Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on

On November 15, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance entitled, Assessing User Fees Under the Biosimilar User Fee Amendments of 2017. The Biosimilar User Fee Amendments of 2017 (BsUFA II)...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Releases CY 2019 Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Part D

Last Thursday, November 17, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed contract year 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D regulations. The proposed rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Congress and Obama Administration Take Steps to Ease Buprenorphine Access

McDermott Will & Emery on

On Friday, July 22, President Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA). Following on federal, state and local trends, CARA seeks to expand access for persons needing opioid treatment....more

5 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide