The digital health market, as represented by the HLTH showroom floor, is packed with companies focused on care coordination and care management for various health and wellness specialties, diseases, and chronic conditions, as...more
At the heart of our healthcare system lies two core, yet competing, philosophies: (1) clinical decisions must not be driven by profit, and (2) dollars drive behavior and, by harnessing this revenue, clinical outcomes can be...more
For a brief moment in time last April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) approval of the commonly-used abortion medication, Mifepristone, was curtailed. Just days after a Texas federal judge’s ruling suspended...more
6/16/2023
/ Abortion ,
Class Action ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v Casey ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Texas
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) approval of the commonly-used abortion medication, Mifepristone, has been curtailed following dueling federal court decisions in Texas and Washington. Just days after a Texas...more
4/17/2023
/ Abortion ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Executive Branch ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State and Local Government
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) led to a rapid expansion in the utilization of telehealth. Now, almost three years later, governmental entities have focused their attention on telehealth services and the...more
12/13/2022
/ Controlled Substances ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
OIG ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Ryan Haight Act ,
Telehealth
On October 24, 2018, President Trump signed the “Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act” or the “SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act” (the “SUPPORT...more
11/7/2018
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Health Care Providers ,
Kickbacks ,
Laboratories ,
New Legislation ,
Opioid ,
Patient Safety ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician-Owned Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Substance Abuse ,
Trump Administration