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HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Provide Clarity on Rights of Conscience in Healthcare

Healthcare Law Blog

BACKGROUND The Proposed Rule is the latest in a long line of federal legislation and rulemakings governing the conscience rights of healthcare providers and entities. The Church Amendments In the 1970s, the federal government enacted the Church Amendments, 42 U.S.C.

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Georgia Nursing Home Settles to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Therapy Services

Healthcare Compliance Blog

It is alleged that between January 2011 and November 2014, the Georgia nursing home submitted claims to Medicare for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for rehabilitation therapy. The Georgia nursing home agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve the allegations. This amount was based on the nursing home’s ability to pay.

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How to Tackle Pharma’s 3 Biggest Compliance Risks Head-On with Verisys

Verisys

How to Tackle Pharma’s 3 Biggest Compliance Risks Head-On with Verisys How often have you started at a new organization and heard these phrases? “ Some companies make decisions based on compliance standards and optics, while others may be more lax. Clinical trial compliance can offer unique challenges for pharmaceutical companies.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – January

SQA

” The reason: The existing document of the EU GMP Guideline dates back to 2011 and no longer corresponds to the state of the art in various areas or does not consider increasingly important new technologies for the GMP field, according to the EMA. ” The requirements for providers (e.g.,

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The Legal Battle Over Mifepristone

Health Law Advisor

At midnight on April 12, 2023, the Fifth Circuit responded to the government and the manufacturer of Mifeprex’s emergency stay requests by halting only the District Court’s stay of the original 2000 FDA-approval of Mifeprex.

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CMS’ Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs

Healthcare Law Blog

Enrollee Participation in Plan Governance (§ 422.107). CMS believes its proposals would improve Federal and State oversight of certain D-SNPs (and their affiliated MCOs) through greater information-sharing among government regulators. Key provisions of the Proposed Rule are summarized below. Comments are due by March 7, 2022.

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The Value of an Enterprise Active Data Archive Begins with Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

Government mandates were an impetus for change, starting with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to “promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology” (Office of Civil Rights (OCR), 2017).