Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 10
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Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Regulatory and Enforcement Update
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On July 1, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-08, concluding that a medical device manufacturer’s proposed payment to access a...more
As the shift toward value-based care continues to transform the healthcare industry, hospitals and health systems are increasingly utilizing incentive-based physician compensation structures. Incentive-based compensation...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is tasked with providing objective oversight to protect the integrity and promote the efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid, and more than...more
On October 25, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-08, in which it refused to approve a proposal by a manufacturer and distributor of hearing...more
On October 5, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 22-19 (Advisory Opinion), in which it determined that a proposed oncology drug discount arrangement could constitute grounds for the...more
On August 19, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 22-16 (Advisory Opinion) in which it declined to impose sanctions for an arrangement under which the requestor provides gift cards to...more
On September 30, 2021, OIG posted Advisory Opinion No. 21-14 regarding a chiropractor’s proposal to extend an existing discount program covering a package of services to include federal health care program beneficiaries. OIG...more
On March 18, 2021, OIG issued Advisory Opinion 21-01, addressing whether a pharmaceutical manufacturer may provide a personalized medicine made from a patient’s own cells as a one-time, potentially curative treatment (the...more
On August 12, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion No. 15-11, finding that a program to supply a limited amount of free cancer drugs to federal health...more
On February 20, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released Advisory Opinion 14-02, concerning the use of preferred hospital networks as part of certain Medicare Supplemental...more