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Fish & Richardson

Preparing Your Company for Hatch-Waxman

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The Hatch-Waxman Act regulates the relationship between branded and generic drugmakers and attempts to strike a balance between two competing policy interests — encouraging pioneering drug development and facilitating market...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Regulatory Race Is On: The Biden Administration Sprints to Issue Key Health Policies

The upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process and even the guidance process. From now through the November election, the...more

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Health Care Providers Navigate Fallout of Major Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

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Change Healthcare, an affiliate of Optum and UnitedHealth Group, processes more than 15 billion health care transactions annually and touches one of every three patient records. On February 21, Change disconnected its...more

Gardner Law

Nevada Filing Deadlines Are Approaching: What Manufacturers Need to Know

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Drug and device manufacturers doing business in Nevada have upcoming filing deadlines in March, April, and June. By June 1, 2024, compliance officers must sign and submit a certification to the Nevada Board of Pharmacy to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

When Keeping Medication Safe May Lead to Increased Liability

In a country that is still struggling with an opioid epidemic, and where there are enough rules and laws regulating the dispensing of medication to fill a tome, it makes sense that medical providers across the nation are...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Third Circuit Ruling Allows Restrictions on 340B Contract Pharmacies

On January 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a unanimous decision in favor of drug manufacturers, finding that manufacturer restrictions on the use of contract pharmacies under the 340B drug pricing...more

Oberheiden P.C.

The Importance of a Pharmacy Compliance Program

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As federal agencies and law enforcement investigate pharmacies around the country for health care fraud and kickback schemes, pharmacies should be proactive in understanding their regulatory environment and the importance of...more

Oberheiden P.C.

While COVID-19 Takes Center Stage, DOJ Continues to Target Providers for Opioid Epidemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created many new enforcement priorities for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). From selling ineffective personal protective equipment (PPE) to companies fraudulently seeking loan forgiveness under...more

Baker Donelson

HRSA Eliminates Delay in Use of 340B Drugs in New Hospital Clinic Locations

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has issued guidance eliminating a longstanding enforcement position that delayed the ability of hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program to use...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Corporate titans faulted for playing dubious roles in opioid-overdose crisis

Walmart and Johnson and Johnson, two of America’s corporate titans, each acted in ways that helped to fuel the opioid crisis that federal experts estimate claims 128 Americans’ lives each day, news media investigations show....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2020 #6

The cold rain in Atlanta threw no cold water on legislative action today as the General Assembly convened for Legislative Day 15. The House and Senate each took up a handful of measures on their respective floors, including...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

ALERT: Connecticut Colleges and Universities Should Develop Opioid Antagonist Policies Now So They Can Be Approved and In Place By...

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Colleges and universities in Connecticut must comply with a new law that requires them to implement a policy regarding the availability and use of opioid antagonists by their students and employees not later than January 1,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

A Compliance Response to the Opioid Crisis: Part I – The Problem

Next week, I begin a five-part podcast series on emerging issues in healthcare compliance with Jesse Caplan, Managing Director of Corporate Oversight at Affiliated Monitors, Inc. (AMI), the sponsor of the series. Caplan has...more

Smart & Biggar

CADTH releases Environmental Scan on International Policies on Use of Biosimilars

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In October 2018, the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) issued an interesting Environmental Scan on International Policies on the Appropriate Use of Biosimilar Drugs (Report). This Report outlines...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Releases the 2019 OPPS and ASC Payment System Final Rule

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• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the Calendar Year (CY) 2019 Final Rule that updates payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Releases the 2019 MPFS and QPP Final Rules

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• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Calendar Year (CY) 2019 Final Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), which includes provisions related to Medicare physician payments as well...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Opioid Reduction Act Imposes New Restrictions and Responsibilities on Prescribers

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Prescribers in West Virginia are bound by new restrictions set forth in the Opioid Reduction Act, aimed at combating the opioid crisis in West Virginia. The Act was enacted by the state legislature to limit patient access in...more

Knobbe Martens

FDA Statement Regarding Quality Assurance Efforts for Foreign Drug Manufacturing Facilities

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On September 5, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a press release highlighting recent actions taken to ensure that pharmaceuticals meet high-quality standards. Currently, there are over 5,000...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Medicaid Drug Rebate Agreements: Changes Require Immediate Action By Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

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For the first time since the enactment of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revised the National Medicaid Drug Rebate Agreement (NDRA) entered into between drug...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Top Takeaways for Medicare Physician and Hospital Payments in 2018

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1, 2017, released the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule for...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Four Things Compliance Practitioner Should Know About the Eurasian Economic Union

Four Things Compliance Practitioner Should Know About the Eurasian Economic Union - An effective Compliance risk management at emerging markets for any business significantly depends on timeous observation of changes in...more

Polsinelli

Third Party Administrator Update: TPA Regulatory and Legislative Developments - July 2016

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Polsinelli is pleased to share the June 2016 Third Party Administrator Newsletter. This newsletter covers topics throughout the year that impact TPAs. Information specific to Polsinelli's TPA practice is also included. ...more

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