Healthcare Law

Healthcare licenses generally require that applicants have specific educational degrees and pass appropriate exams. Certifications generally confirm an individual has specialized knowledge. [...]

Healthcare practitioners and healthcare entities can enter into corporate integrity agreements with the OIG (of HHS) to ensure compliance in return for continued participation in federal [...]

The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDER), in 2017, developed an initiative to modernize CDER’s New Drugs Regulatory Program (NDRP). The initiative focuses on scientific leadership, benefit-risk [...]

The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Protection Act of 2008 regulates how pharmacists can dispense certain controlled substances and how practitioners should comply.

The FDA approved a new Eli Lilly drug, Kisunla, that may help reduce the cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s patients by attacking the patient’s amyloid. The drug is the third FDA-approved drug of [...]

The US Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended that children and teens with a high BMI receive treatment interventions. The US PSTF did not include chronic weight loss medications in [...]

A medical compliance officer should work with a healthcare lawyer to understand the federal and state laws and regulations that govern the medical compliance officer’s medical practice or medical [...]

At the direction of the Biden-Harris administration, the US HHS issued a Final Rule prohibiting the disclosure or protected reproductive healthcare information unless an exception applies.

The Federal Trade Commission is beginning to require that marketing companies understand that the collection, use, and sale of consumer location information requires the consent of the consumer

Pharmaceutical companies and advertisers should consult FDA’s CNN rule when designing television and radio ads for direct-to-consumer drug advertisements