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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

New NIH Head: Indirect Payments ‘Tips’; Republican Senator Calls Them ‘Grift’

Research universities have had one less worry (at least temporarily) since Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary restraining order prohibiting NIH from imposing...more

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New Requirements for Research Security Programs Raise the Stakes for Compliance

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The National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 (NSPM-33), issued in January 2021, directed federal agencies that fund research and development (R&D) projects to require certain "Covered Institutions" to certify that the...more

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[Event] Higher Education & Healthcare Research Compliance Conference - June 10th - 12th, New Orleans, LA

Don’t miss our annual conference devoted to higher education and research compliance - Attend the Higher Education & Healthcare Research Compliance Conference June 10–12, 2024 and hear from experienced professionals on a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: January 2024

The Department of Commerce and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are requesting comments on a “draft guidance framework designed to help federal agencies evaluate when it may be appropriate to exercise...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

As AI-Assisted Research Advances, Experts Share Worries, Oversight Strategies; Collaboration Urged

At Cornell University, institutional review board (IRB) members meet with the chief information security officer and a liaison to the general counsel’s office. Their regular attendance has been “really critical,” said IRB...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Bucking History, ORI Deputy Denies Requests For Misconduct NPRM Comment Extension

Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 12  (December 2023) In a move that is unprecedented in recent memory, a federal agency has denied a request to extend the comment period on a substantive proposed rule, turning down a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: November 2023

Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 11 (November, 2023) City University of New York (CUNY ) has accused neuroscientist Hoau-Yan Wang, a CUNY faculty member and longtime collaborator with embattled biotech firm Cassava...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 7. In This Month’s E-News: July 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 7 (July 2021) - In a review of more than 500 NIH awards, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that about one-fifth were funded “out of rank order,” and for more than a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 6. In This Month’s E-News: June 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) - Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more

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NIH Continues to Focus on Foreign Influence Issues: Updated Biosketch & Other Support Disclosure Forms

Key Points - Notice reflects NIH’s continued concerns regarding foreign influence and imposes significant new compliance obligations on both grantees and individual researchers. - Obligates grantees to provide NIH...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Research Compliance Conference - June 14th - 16th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm CDT

Attend HCCA’s annual Research Compliance Conference to receive the latest insights and guidance on emerging research compliance risks and solutions. This virtual event, held June 14 – 16, will be live and interactive. Learn...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Research Admins Report Few Issues With Telework; Adopt Strategies to Ensure 'Balance'

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 10 (October 2020) - When Kris Wolff, director of the Office of Sponsored Programs at Fordham University, came down with COVID-19, she didn’t hide it from her staff. “I was really open...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 9. In This Month's E-News: September 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 9 (August 20, 2020) - The Office of Management and Budget has published guidance for agencies and recipients of federal awards and contracts, finalizing a document issued in February...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Lehigh U. Compliance Plan Provides Blueprint for Oversight, Audit Schedule

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 9 (August 20, 2020) - As part of its recent settlement with the Department of Justice regarding allegations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations, Lehigh University of Pennsylvania is...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 8: In This Month's E-News: August 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 8 (August 2020) - Higher education groups and others are hailing a decision by the administration to rescind planned rules that would have required students in the United States on...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OIG Details Debarment Recommendations In Misconduct Cases; NSF Cites Timing for Inaction

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 8 (August 2020) - Despite data falsifications that were severe enough to require four retractions or corrections and which led to his demotion at a university and a redo of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) - Despite its earlier agreement to repay just $5,442 in costs questioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General, the University of...more

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