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Beware the bait-and-switch when it comes to HM program contracts

Sound Physicians

Still, we know that sometimes the final decision comes down to a single factor: cost. While we’ve earned our reputation over the decades for our clinical excellence in hospital medicine , we’ve also earned — somewhat unfairly — a reputation for being more expensive than our competitors. percent and 5.7 percent annually. percent and 5.7

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The Incredible Shrinking Exemption: FDA Final CDS Guidance Would Significantly Narrow the Scope of Exempt Clinical Decision Support Software Under the Cures Act

FDA Law Blog

Javitt — On September 28, 2022, the FDA issued the long anticipated final Clinical Decision Support Software Guidance (CDS Guidance), which replaces the revised draft guidance document from 2019. Criterion 2 : Non-Device CDS software functions display, analyze or print medical information about a patient or other medical information.

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As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

FDA Law Blog

In mid-November, FDA collaborated with the MITRE Corporation to publish an update to the Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook. Combination products are sharing the digital moment with those classified solely as medical devices.

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Does the Drug Shortage White Paper Fall Short?

FDA Law Blog

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a White Paper on Policy Considerations to Prevent Drug Shortages and Mitigate Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in the United States —with input from several HHS stakeholders, including FDA, CMS, and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. By Kalie E.

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FDA’s Summer Plans May Include LDT Rulemaking

FDA Law Blog

See , e.g. , ACLA White Paper on LDTs here. Would there be a new regulatory framework, as is proposed in VALID and outlined in FDA’s 2017 discussion paper (see our prior post here ), or something different? And regulating LDTs through guidance documents is vulnerable to legal challenge on procedural grounds.

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