1,963 results found

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General have recently published parallel proposed rules revising, respectively, the Stark exception and Anti-Kickback safe harbor concerning electronic health record items and services.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comments on the regulatory burdens ...

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") proposed an all-encompassing new rule to bar employers from including non-compete clauses in contracts with their employees.

In October, Life Sciences Decoded described the increased state and federal scrutiny against the dietary supplement industry, including a lawsuit that the Oregon Attorney General filed against GNC.

From policy to patients and everything in-between, the health care industry is constantly evolving.

Last month, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling vacating a $4.3 million dollar civil monetary penalty (CMP) against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

As part of the massive overhaul of food safety regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act, Life Sciences Decoded reported in August...

The revised safe harbors set forth in the revenue procedure build upon the existing safe harbors originally set forth in Revenue Procedure 97-13, which were in turn modified by Revenue Procedure 2001-39, and amplified by Notice 2014-67.

As more states enact laws legalizing the sale of medical and recreational marijuana, cannabis businesses may start to question whether they could be held liable if customers cause injury or harm to others while using their products.

On February 21, 2019, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ("DHSS") released the first of its proposed rules regulating medical cannabis in Missouri pursuant to Amendment 2 ...

On September 30, 2016, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a key decision in the food labeling war over what constitutes a false or misleading "all natural" label.

On August 28, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") published a new "Featured Topic" webpage on managed care oversight.

Two recent HIPAA settlements remind organizations subject to HIPAA of the importance of having a robust HIPAA privacy and security compliance program in place.

On November 17, the PBS affiliate in Chicago, WTTW, reported the Better Government Association had issued an investigative report on the medical marijuana application process in Illinois.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an alert to retail investors in the cannabis industry following a number of recent enforcement actions.

When Congress was contemplating the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, pundits predicted Government contracts would become more like the commercial sector.

In the online world we live in, someone might believe that the only thing necessary to chase Government business is to log on to FedBizOpps.