In 2025, Life Sciences and Health Care (LS&HC) companies face rapidly evolving regulatory paradigms that create transactional risks and require daily monitoring. After more than 70 national elections in 2024, the dust hasn’t...more
8/25/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Clinical Trials ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Health ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Genetic Materials ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration
On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized its previously abandoned 2019 proposal to exclude certain rebates paid by drug manufacturers from the...more
11/25/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
MCOs ,
Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ,
Medicare Part D ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law
Nearly a decade after the Affordable Care Act signaled a transition of the U.S. health care system to value-based care, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published on October 9 two long-awaited proposed rules...more
10/14/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Life Sciences ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Safe Harbors ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care ,
Value-Based Payments
With just a week left before a new administration takes office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized changes to the regulations authorizing OIG to exclude...more
1/13/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Exclusions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) ,
OIG ,
Safe Harbors ,
Social Security Act