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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill of Health

Together, these articles underscore the injustice of the present moment and emphasize the need to reform intellectual property protections for government-funded inventions of public health significance. Recent Research on Public Funding of mRNA Technology The first of the two new articles is an in-depth empirical study of U.S.

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Understanding Climate and Disability Justice: Mitigating Structural Barriers to the Right to Health

Bill of Health

Source: Jim Evans via Creative Commons License.) Also in Texas, winter storm Uri in 2021 adversely impacted millions of people with disabilities, particularly those dependent on home medical device s, leaving them without heat or electricity and poor access to water, transportation, health care, and emergency services.

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Former Medical Examiner Arrested for Allegedly Keeping Human Body Parts in Self-Storage Facility

The Health Law Firm

A former medical examiner, who is accused of keeping the body parts of more than 100 people in his Pensacola storage facility, was arrested September 7, 2012. To see the case against the former medical examiner, click here.

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Why Family Caregivers Need Help from the Healthcare Establishment

HIT Consultant

It is true that licensed nursing agencies are available to take much of the burden off family caregivers, but the cost of such services is beyond the reach of many of those who need it most. Yet too often, their value is unexplored—and their needs aren’t being met. More Can—and Must—Be Done.

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October-December 2021 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register from October-December 2021: On October 4, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. 103, which declared a Public Health Emergency for the state in response to COVID-19. 1657(a), the Commissioner released a notice regarding Executive Order No.

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OIG-LEIE, GSA-SAM, and State Medicaid Exclusion Lists: What’s the Difference?

Provider Trust

In 2012, GSA announced it was migrating data from the EPLS to a new and more comprehensive system called the System for Award Management (SAM). Each state has a department or agency dedicated to upholding the integrity of Medicaid programs and public health.

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April-July 2022 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. On April 4, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. See Executive Order No. 290 (2022).