Arizona AG prepares to sue Theranos for fraud
Theranos still has not been charged with any crimes, as this would be a civil lawsuit.
Theranos still has not been charged with any crimes, as this would be a civil lawsuit.
In naming a new secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs, President-elect Donald Trump has done something he had previously avoided while filling out his Cabinet: choose an insider. The pick also is notable because Shulkin is an Obama administration appointee.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Burwell compared the Affordable Care Act to Jenga, a game where players take turns removing one wooden block at a time from a tower of 54 without making it topple. Republicans, she said, are looking for easy pieces to take out of the law.
The letter, signed by AMA Executive Vice President and CEO Dr. James Madara, warned against throwing millions of people off the insurance rolls. Follow the money.
The man Donald Trump has picked to be HHS secretary has vocally opposed the new Medicare payment program and is likely to revoke it.
Price, the Wall Street Journal said, has traded upwards of $300,000 worth of shares in about 40 healthcare and life sciences companies in just the last four years. All are companies he would regulate as secretary of HHS.
Leading Republicans have vowed that even if they repeal most of the ACA early in 2017, a replacement will not hurt those currently receiving benefits. But Republicans have also pledged to repeal the taxes that Democrats used to pay for their health law.
Prospective HHS Secretary Tom Price brings a distinctive to-do list to the agency. And, if confirmed by the Senate, he will have tremendous independent power to get things done.
Mental health advocates have described it as the most significant piece of mental health legislation since the 2008 law requiring equal insurance coverage for mental and physical health.
The 21st Century Cures Act, an ambitious bipartisan bill primarily designed to advance medical science and accelerate the introduction of innovative therapeutics to market, cleared the Senate Wednesday.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
The bill is a grab bag for industries that spent plenty of money lobbying to make sure it happened that way.
Other than major appropriations bills, a transportation spending bill and an energy infrastructure funding bill, the 21st Century Cures Act garnered more lobbying activity than any of the more than 11,000 bills proposed in the 114th Congress.
The problem is, half of U.S. physicians had not even heard of MACRA, according to a survey released in July.
With the election of Republican Donald Trump to the presidency last week, the future of all kinds of healthcare reform is uncertain.
"The [incoming] administration recognizes that the problems with the U.S. healthcare system did not begin with — and will not end with the repeal of — the ACA," the Trump statement said.