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On June 25, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB's) Consumer Complaint Database went live to provide the general public with enhanced access to consumer complaints.

On Feb. 12, the Federal Reserve Board requested comment on proposals to repeal its Regulation DD and Regulation P, as well as amend its Regulation V.

The implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing is a notoriously misunderstood doctrine. It can be invoked much less often than most people think...

On September 15, 2010, the SBIC Funding Corporation completed pricing on $562,985,000 in pooling of SBA debentures with a coupon rate of 3.215%.

Assembly) sponsored by Illinois State Senator Susan Garrett that amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act (the "Act") in several critical ways, including but not limited to the following...

On Sept. 17, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc. (collectively, "MEEI") had agreed to pay HHS $1.5 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.

The CMS announced the reopening of the application period for ESCO to participate in the testing of its Comprehensive ESRD Care initiative.

Deerfield Management Co. has announced the launch of a new $550 million healthcare venture-capital fund, Deerfield Healthcare Innovations Fund, L.P.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a notice on March 7 that CSHM, LLC (CSHM), which manages 53 Small Smiles dental clinics in 19 states and the District of Columbia, would be excluded from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs for a minimum of five years.

Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, stated that the FDA’s risk-averse behavior must change and FDA must be willing to take bigger safety risks to promote innovation and overall patient benefit.

On Sept. 28, 2012, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, sent letters to three North Carolina nonprofit hospitals requesting information regarding the hospitals’ participation in the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program).

A new report released last Thursday provides three core points for medical device companies on the impact on the medical device industry of last year’s landmark healthcare reform.

On Oct. 31, 2012, Beaumont Health System and Henry Ford Health System announced that they had signed a letter of intent to combine their operations into a $4.6 billion organization.

Kass, N., et al., "Length and Complexity of U.S. and International HIV Consent Forms from Federal HIV Network Trials," 26 (11) J. Gen. Int. Med. 1324-8 (August 2011), argue that shorter, more easily understandable clinical trial consent forms are needed so that trial subjects can better understand research projects.

Medical Properties Trust (MPT) has announced it will acquire Capella Healthcare for $900 million in cash.

Many covered entities are not adopting appropriate privacy and security protocols in relation to electronic protected health information.

In response to an ambulance supplier’s proposal to routinely waive cost-sharing amounts for the provision of emergency ambulance services, the OIG issued an advisory opinion.

In April, OIG issued an updated Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol, which emphasized the advantages of disclosing violations.