On July 28, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $3.5 million settlement to resolve allegations against Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. that it paid kickbacks to doctors in the form of “bogus” research grants to...more
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, contains significant relief to assist health care providers faced with the double burden of an onslaught of...more
Laboratories that perform tests on human materials for the purpose of diagnosis are considered laboratories under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and must receive CLIA certification. Basic elements of...more
The Society of Critical Care Medicine estimates that the United States has over 200,000 ventilators, although other organizations have lower estimates. ...more
Dr. Mark Fleckner, a board-certified New York ophthalmologist, will pay almost $7 million to settle civil fraud claims arising from giving patients imported macular degeneration drugs that had not been evaluated or approved...more
On June 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule covering the second and future years of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Quality Payment Program. The...more