Medical device companies have received more scrutiny from federal regulators under President Barack Obama's administration than over the past seven years, according to a new study from Emergo Group, a worldwide medical device regulatory compliance firm.
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During the recent oral argument before the United States Supreme Court in the so-called "pay-for-delay" case before it, Justice Antonin Scalia suggested that the Hatch-Waxman Act "made a mistake," and he questioned whether the Court should "overturn understood antitrust" laws…
Last night, the Vermont House approved a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide for individuals with terminal illness, according to a report by USA Today.
At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 11, Scott Becker, JD, CPA, partner with McGuireWoods in Chicago and publisher of Becker's Hospital Review, discussed the key legal and risk areas facing hospitals. Meggan Michelle Bushee, JD,…
Based on a recent inspection, the FDA is warning providers and hospital supply managers that drugs produced and distributed by The Compounding Shop in St. Petersburg, Fla., may not be sterile, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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A jury has ruled that Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Healthcare System submitted $39 million worth of illegal bills to Medicare through kickbacks to 19 specialists, according to a Thomson Reuters report.
In Maine, a state senator is proposing legislation that would direct a state agency to publish an annual study of hospitals' financial data to help consumers compare prices, according to a Portland Press Herald report.
On the tails of a CMS report released Wednesday showing wide variances in price rates among hospitals, HHS announced it has made more grant money available to support states' rate reviews for health insurance and healthcare pricing.
Yesterday, CMS released 2011 chargemaster data for hospitals across the country, partially in response to a scathing March article in Time by Steven Brill that took aim at the wide pricing variation for similar services in America's hospitals.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia invalidated a final rule issued by the National Relations Labor Board, according to an AHA News Now report.