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Consumers lose in latest FDA user fee bill; COI restraints disappear
May 15, 2012 by MassDevice By Merrill Goozner Over the angry protests of consumer groups, Congress is moving rapidly – and in bipartisan fashion – to give drug and medical device companies an easier path to Food and Drug Administration approval for some products …
CBO Says FDA User Fee Act Will Reduce Deficit – LOL
As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 7, 2012 S. 2516 would authorize the collection and spending of fees by the Food
Practicing Medicine in a Litigious World: Coping with Medial Legal Stress
This article is written by Michael J. Sacopulos, JD, a partner with Sacopulos, Johnson & Sacopulos in Terre Haute, Ind.
Sunshine Act data collection delayed to January 2013, says USA’s CMS
In a web site posting last week, The US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CSM) announced that manufacturers will not be required to collect data under the
Senate panel adds safety measures to FDA user fee act
April 25, 2012 by Brad Perriello
When health care is promoted as “free”
Health expenditures in the United States neared $2.6 trillion in 2010, over ten times the $256 billion spent in 1980. The rate of growth in recent years
Mass. Sen. hopeful Elizabeth Warren on the device tax, the FDA and a climate for innovation
Democratic “buyers’ remorse” for health care law? | MassDevice.com On Call
When the government puts prices on patients’ heads
Recently, another predictable Trojan-horse provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act appeared that promises to pit doctor versus patient by literally placing a price on patients'
FDA: Safety, efficacy, public health – and economy?
GOP Sens. Burr and Coburn team up for PATIENTS’ FDA Act
40% Drop in Claims After Ohio’s Malpractice Tort Reform
Since Ohio passed and enacted a tort-reform law in 2003, medical malpractice claims have dropped more than 40 percent and payments declined roughly at the same rate, according
New Hampshire Outlawing PODs?
The New Hampshire House of Representatives recently passed legislation to prohibit health care practitioner self-referrals for medical devices. Larry Biegelsen, senior analyst at Wells Fargo wrote on April 10,
Physician Payment Sunshine: Kohl and Grassley Urge CMS to Complete Regulations by June
As numerous healthcare stakeholders wait for the Supreme Court to determine whether the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is constitutional, two Senators are eagerly pressing
4 Strategies to Prepare for Changes in Reimbursement
This article is written by Patrick Vega, M.S., Principal, Vega Healthcare. There are four key strategies hospitals and physicians should use to prepare for upcoming reimbursement changes: