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On October 10, 2018 President Trump signed two bills that ban 'gag clauses' in pharmacy contracts. Congress passed the two bills--one for Medicare prescription drug plans ('Know the Lowest Price [...]

Summary On November 7, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program v. United States DEA, No. 14-35402 (9th Cir. [...]

The US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently posted to its website notice of a significant change to its registration renewal process. This change eliminates the informal grace [...]

Required Black Box Warnings on Immediate Release Opioids Closely following on recent efforts undertaken by states and the Centers for Disease Control to curb opioid abuse (review further here and [...]

CDC Issues New Guidelines for Opioid Painkiller Prescriptions In response to a significant increase in opioid overdose deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidelines [...]

On March 14, 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed comprehensive legislation designed to curb opioid addiction. The legislation reflects growing concern for the 'dangers in the medicine cabinet' (i.e., risks [...]

On April 15, 2015, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to address Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Medicare rate increases for fiscal year (FY) 2016, as [...]

On October 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to expand and bolster Medicare's Five-Star Quality Rating System (Five-Star System) for nursing homes, provided to the [...]

The House recently passed its version of The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 (H.R. 4994/S. 2553), which would require various post-acute providers, including inpatient rehabilitation facilities, [...]

On May 1, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would include payment and policy changes for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) (Proposed SNF [...]