FDA Law

JULY 17, 2022

Currently, a health care provider identifies any discarded quantity from such a vial in the claim using a JW modifier, and Medicare Part B pays for both the utilized and the discarded amount. On July 8, as part of its annual physician fee schedule update for 2023, CMS issued a proposed regulation to implement the new refund.

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FDA Law

JUNE 22, 2023

FDA hailed its authorization of the Lucira OTC home test for influenza and COVID-19 as “underscor[ing] the Agency’s continued commitment to increase availability of accurate and reliable at-home diagnostic tests” ( April 2023 FDA Update to CDC ). seeking treatment). This makes seeking clearance of an OTC home test a risky business endeavor.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 5, 2023

Claud — As we turn into the New Year, we offer a few items of interest in digital and telehealth regulation, enforcement, and compliance that may provide some helpful guideposts for stakeholders. Digital providers and manufacturers not only have the concerns of the FDA to consider, but those of the FTC as well. By John W.M.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In 2016 , the agency issued its definitive HF guidance, guide manufacturers through human factors engineering processes during the development of new medical devices, focusing specifically on the user interface. Consider this scenario: A manufacturer files a 510(k) for a Class II device, a surgical mask.

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FDA Law

APRIL 8, 2024

For generic drug manufacturing facilities specifically, the numbers are 63% and 87%. MRAP would provide oversight of an accreditation body which would conduct assessments—paid for by the manufacturer—based on criteria developed by the MRAP. In Section I.A,

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Gaulkin — In May 2023, we posted about a CMS proposed regulation that sought to make a wide variety of changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), including a new “price verification survey,” and a controversial proposal to require “stacking” of discounts to different customers when determining best price. Kirschenbaum & Sophia R.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

Houck — In August 2023 the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) reschedule marijuana from schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. By Larry K. 21 U.S.C. § 802(16)(A). 21 U.S.C. § 802(16)(B).

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