8/19/2025 10:45:51 PM HHS-OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion to Device Manufacturer under the Small Entity Safe Harbor By Jessica Christensen The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-09 on August 12,...
7/18/2025 2:00:00 PM OIG Says Proposal to Pay for Third Party Billing Portal Poses Unacceptable AKS Risk By Sarah Cummings Stewart The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion...
7/10/2025 3:29:34 PM OIG Advisory Opinion Supports Plan to Reimburse for Needle Stick Injuries By Sarah Cummings Stewart Peter Terreri Matthew Loughran In an advisory opinion released June 30th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirmed...
7/7/2025 1:26:53 PM OIG Issues Unfavorable Opinion to Device Manufacturer By Nancy Halstead Nicole Aiken-Shaban Caitlin Chambers The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released Advisory Opinion 25-04, concluding that a...
5/21/2024 3:30:26 PM FDA LDT Rule Begins Enforcement Discretion Phaseout, But Some Discretion Remains By Rebecca Jones McKnight Kevin Madagan Sarah Thompson Schick Akosua Tuffuor +1 more... Show less On May 14, 2024, FDA hosted a webinar to provide an overview of its final rule “Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests” as well as...
10/18/2023 4:33:45 AM The Latest Episode of the LDT Drama: FDA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule for Laboratory Developed Tests By Sarah Thompson Schick Rebecca Jones McKnight Matthew Loughran Kevin Madagan +1 more... Show less On October 31, FDA will be offering a webinar on its proposed rule ”Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests.” This webinar comes...
10/9/2023 1:38:39 PM FDA Updates Breakthrough Device Guidance By Tom Greeson Sung Park On September 15, 2023, FDA published an update to the guidance document – “Breakthrough Devices Program, Guidance for Industry and Food...
3/17/2023 9:51:24 PM MACs Consider Guidance on Remote Patient Monitoring Amid Exploding Utilization By Nancy Halstead Lauren Bentlage Sebnem Dugmeoglu On February 28, 2023, six of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), who administer Medicare reimbursement on behalf of the...
1/26/2023 8:51:12 PM Health Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Part 2 The PIE Act By Rebecca Jones McKnight Nancy Halstead Sarah Thompson Schick Tamra Harris Matthew Loughran +2 more... Show less [Note, this is Part 2 in an ongoing series of posts exploring substantive aspects of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L....
9/29/2022 12:58:31 AM FDA Announces Final Guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software By Celeste Letourneau John Kendzior On September 27, 2022, FDA announced the publication of a final guidance document entitled Clinical Decision Support Software, Guidance...
6/2/2022 4:22:36 PM Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade could impact drug and device makers By Matthew Loughran Last month’s leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion from Justice Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that...
3/24/2022 7:22:38 PM OIG approves arrangement encouraging device study enrollment for economically disadvantaged Medicare beneficiaries By Andrew Sylora In a March 11 advisory opinion the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) permitted a medical...
3/22/2022 1:00:12 PM AdvaMed announces revisions to code of ethics for interactions with health care professionals By Sarah Cummings Stewart Hatmaker Pawlitz On March 18, 2022, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) – the world’s largest trade organization representing medical...
10/14/2021 1:24:04 PM FDA codifies requirements for the medical device De Novo classification process By Andrew Lu On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published a final rule to establish requirements for the medical device...
8/26/2021 12:30:14 PM FDA clarifies evidence and knowledge requirements in intended use final rule By Kevin Madagan Sung Park John Kendzior On August 2, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published a final rule amending existing regulations (21 C.F.R. §...
9/16/2020 4:28:08 PM FDA issues draft guidance regarding principles for selecting, developing, modifying, & adapting patient-reported outcome instruments for use in medical device evaluation By John Kendzior Ryan Pate On August 31, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance regarding principles for selecting, developing,...