According to the Office of Management and Budget's ("OMB's") Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs ("OIRA"), OMB has received the final...

On November 26, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") issued guidance on de-identification of...

On November 27, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") announced in its Semiannual Report to Congress that it...

Pamela Jones Harbour, a partner at Fulbright and Jaworski addressed the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday, November 26, 2012. She spoke on "Competition and...

The European Commission (the "Commission") has cleared Procter & Gamble's ("P&G") acquisition of the over-the-counter business of Israeli...

The National Health Law Program ("NHeLP") in its November 2012 E-Newsletter discusses Medicaid program Section 1115 waivers and concludes that such waivers...

Two national organizations have presented proposals for Medicare policy changes that they maintain would result in significant cost-savings.  The National Coalition...

On November 16, 2012, CMS published the calendar year 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule.  In this final rule, CMS implements a Patient Protection and...

On November 14, 2012, the full U.S. Senate approved H.R. 6118, "Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012."  This legislation would amend the Public...

FDA Blames Delays in Implementation of FSMA Rules on Lack of Funding FSMA Food Maker Registration and Renewal Are Now Underway GAO Report Calls for...

On November 8, 2012, the Congressional Budget Office ("CBO") published a report entitled "Choices for Budget Reduction."  In fiscal year 2012,...

At its interim meeting on November 13, 2012, the American Medical Association ("AMA") adopted a policy to support federal legislation that would end the "pa...

In its first enforcement action of the year, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), in conjunction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...

The night before the deadline for states to tell the federal government whether they will create their own health care insurance exchanges, HHS has given states another...

On November 16, 2012, the House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing to "examine progress on the development and implementation of interoperable...