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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - March 2025 #3

News Briefs - Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Another Six Months - Pandemic-related telehealth flexibilities set to expire March 31 have recently been extended for another six months as federal lawmakers approve...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Courts, by too readily sealing records, contributed to opioid crisis, report finds

The blame and shame for the opioid-drug overdose crisis that kills tens of thousands Americans annually has moved to yet another set of individuals and institutions now — judges and courts that handled Big Pharma lawsuits and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Kickbacks Aren’t Illegal Just for Federal Health Care Programs in Recently Enacted SUPPORT Act: New Compliance Concerns for...

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

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FDA Takes Action on Opioids Labeling — It’s about education

Opioid Education - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) crept cautiously closer to curbing the opioid crisis by approving sweeping changes as to how the prescription drugs are labeled. Going forward, such...more

Nossaman LLP

Is Your Hospital Compliant With the Revised Joint Commission Standards for Pain Assessment and Management?

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On January, 1, 2018, The Joint Commission’s (“TJC”) new and revised pain assessment and management standards go into effect for TJC accredited hospitals. The changes to the standards stem from a review commenced by The Joint...more

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