The End of COVID Waivers and Exceptions: What Now?
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Fee Waivers for Small Businesses: Who Qualifies for the Small Business User Fee Waiver for Drugs and Biologics and How to Apply
NGE On Demand: COVID-19 and IP Waiver for Patent Protection with Kevin O'Connor and Olivia Luk Bedi
Prohibitions on Use of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services, Complying with the NDAA
COVID-19: Where are we now?
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules
Value-based health care: fraud & abuse laws
What patients misunderstand about their right of informed consent
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
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As Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean rebuild after the latest string of deadly hurricanes and prepare for the possibility of future storms, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more
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