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...

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...

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

On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, the Obama administration issued three proposed rules to implement several key provisions of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"),...

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...

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...

Fulbright partners Barclay Nicholson and Steve Dillard present the second edition of Fulbright's analysis of litigation involving shale and hydraulic fracturing...

 On November 15, 2012, the HHS Office of Inspector General issued a report entitled, Improvements are Needed at the Administrative Law Judge Level of Medicare...

On November 14, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") released the long-awaited Foreign...

On November 2, 2012, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ("MedPAC") debated the issue of equalizing Medicare Part B payments for physician professional...

Often small mistakes in handling employees can lead to big problems—costly employment litigation. Review the materials presented by Shafeeqa Giarratani ,...

A hospital emergency department's arrangement to pay a flat-rate per-diem fee to on-call physicians, no matter whether they are called or how many patients they see,...