by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration is withdrawing a Trump-era policy that limited the FDA’s review process of certain lab tests, including some COVID-19 tests. Under the policy, the agency did not require premarket reviews of laboratory-developed tests, even in situations...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Mental Health
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released a poll indicating that nearly 80 percent of Americans say mental health professionals, rather than law enforcement, should be the primary first responders to mental health crises. Seventy-two percent of...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson argued in court that three large drug distributors violated the state’s public nuisance and consumer protection laws because they didn’t have tracking systems in place to prevent illegitimate sales and distribution of...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Payers
Three labor organizations filed a petition indicating that they think the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is too limited in applying to only large businesses. The AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union filed a petition...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Payers
The CMS released data showing that the number of improper payments made under Medicare fee-for-service declined by $20.72 billion since 2014. The 2021 Medicare fee-for-service estimated improper payment rate—for claims processed between July 1, 2020, and June 30,...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 15, 2021 | Payers
A U.S. appeals court has extended its order halting President Biden’s shot-or-test mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said the mandate was “fatally flawed,” criticizing the requirements as “a...
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