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OIG Creates New Telehealth Resources Webpage

USA - April 11 2022 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently created a new webpage related to telehealth. The purpose of the webpage is to summarize the OIG’s…

AdvaMed Updates its Code of Ethics

USA - April 8 2022 On March 24th, 2022, the Advanced Medical Technology Association’s (AdvaMed) Board of Directors approved updates to the AdvaMed Code of Ethics (Code)…

Marketer in Kickback Scheme Involving Compound Pharmacies Sentenced to Probation and Order to Pay $3.3 Million

USA - April 1 2022 On March 30, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Manual J. Bojorquez, the owner of a marketing company, was sentenced…

OSHA Taking Comments on Proposed Permanent Healthcare COVID-19 Standard

USA - March 23 2022 OSHA has partially reopened the rulemaking record and scheduled an informal public hearing to seek comments on several topics relating to the…

OIG: Telehealth “Critical” to Maintaining Access to Care Amidst COVID-19

USA - March 21 2022 The federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a report (OIG Report) as part of a series of analyses of the expansion and…

Advisory Opinion 22-05: OIG Declines to Impose Sanctions Against Device Manufacturer’s Medicare Cost-Sharing Subsidy in Clinical Trial

USA - March 17 2022 On March 16, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 22-05 (Advisory Opinion) in which it declined to impose sanctions…

OSHA Announces COVID-19 Enforcement Initiative for Hospitals and Nursing Care Facilities

USA - March 10 2022 On March 8, 2022, OSHA released an enforcement memorandum detailing a new initiative involving a short-term increase in highly focused inspections…

New York State Department of Health Releases Administrative Guidance for LCHSAs’ Licensure Amendments

USA - March 4 2022 The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently released a “Dear Administrator Letter” (DAL) DHCSB 22-02 for Licensed Home Care Services…

Massachusetts Updates State Telemedicine Guidance for Physicians

USA - March 3 2022 Effective February 3, 2022, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (BoRM), which oversees physician licensure and the practice of…

ONC Information Blocking Data Show Majority of Claims Against Health Care Providers

USA - March 2 2022 On February 28, 2022, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued data on information blocking claims…