On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the Senate voted to reject an amendment that would have defunded President Obama's Affordable Care Act in a 45-52 vote.  Senator...

Who Owns Global IP: Securing IP Ownership Rights Around the World Your client generates intellectual property domestically and perhaps in different parts of the...

On March 14, Members Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Aaron Schock (R-ILL) introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives the Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act,...

As we reported last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ("MedPAC") on March 7 considered the issue of higher Medicare payments for services...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued final guidance to address financial disclosure by clinical investigators.  The...

On March 13, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a proposed rule that would enable hospitals to receive Medicare Part B...

In its October 2012 and November 2012 public meetings, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ("MedPAC") debated and eventually recommended making Medicare...

On 5 th March 2013 it was announced that the government would redraft the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) Regulations 2013 (SI...

The Texas courts are taking a hard line against obtaining direct and unfettered access to your adversary's computer systems (or images of those systems). If you want...

In a notice of extension published in the March 7, 2013 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services described that changes to the payment adjustment...

In a decision dated March 5, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the plaintiff teaching hospital could properly revise its...

On March 1, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a final rule in which HHS will provide assistance to insurers of high-risk...

Co-located long-term care hospitals ("LTCHs"), that is, LTCHs that are located in the same building or on the same campus as another hospital-level provider,...

During President Obama's first term, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) was extremely active, including initiating aggressive compliance...

This week, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued food guidance titled "Guidance for Industry:  What You Need to Know About Administrative...