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Just as principal investigators are anxiously waiting to re-enter their labs, eager—but cautious—compliance officials and leaders of institutions are laying the groundwork to ensure studies...

On January 31, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar declared a public health emergency.[1]...

Hospitals may want to distribute this form to physicians to enlist their help with Medicare’s prior authorization program for five hospital outpatient procedures, which takes...

Spurred by concerns over contact tracing and, apparently, telehealth resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and fearful of elements of new interoperability rules doctors say may...

In a case about the free or discounted services of advanced practice providers (APPs), St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, agreed to pay $747,973...

The HHS Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) has upheld the largest stipulated penalty imposed by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) in years. OIG fined...

In the first six months of this year, NIH removed 24 individuals from its peer review panels, and at least 14 researchers lost their status...

Piedmont Healthcare Inc. in Atlanta has agreed to pay $16 million to settle false claims allegations over the twin compliance risks of billing for admissions...

The gyms and dorm rooms at Sonoma State University in California are an alternate care site for St. Joseph Health System in Santa Rosa and...

During his March 19, 2020, press briefing,[1] President Donald Trump called chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine a “game changer” in the battle against COVID-19, the disease caused...