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- Important changes are unfolding in the vaccine space. How have vaccine exemptions posed a significant risk to populations across the country? What are the long-lasting effects of the new administration's federal health agency funding cuts? On this episode, Epstein Becker Green attorneys ...Diagnosing Health Care – Episode 88
- From removing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to suspending foreign aid and canceling federal funding, it is clear that the current administration is drastically changing the landscape of government-funded research as we know it. What should research institutions be doing ...Diagnosing Health Care – Episode 87
- Since Pam Bondi was appointed U.S. Attorney General, we’ve seen notable shifts in the U.S. Department of Justice’s criminal enforcement priorities. How significant are some of these changes, and how might they affect your health care organization as we progress through 2025 and ...Diagnosing Health Care – Episode 86
- It is critical for health care and life sciences businesses to understand what might and might not change during this transitionary period. How can you advocate for your needs and priorities in a time of such uncertainty? On this episode, Epstein Becker Green (EBG) attorneys James ...Diagnosing Health Care – Episode 85
- The recent 2024 elections resulted in a new Trump administration and a Republican-controlled House and Senate. From policymakers to stakeholders across the industry, everyone is wondering what health policy will look like in 2025 and beyond. On this episode, Epstein Becker Green ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 84
- One year ago, on October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed an executive order laying the groundwork both for how federal agencies should responsibly incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) within their workflows and how each agency should regulate the use of AI in the industries it ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 83
- Workplace violence in health care settings is on the rise, capturing the attention of both state and federal lawmakers. As awareness grows, so too does legal scrutiny and the push for new regulations and enforcement. In these seemingly critical times, what should health care employers be ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 82
- The game has changed—are you positioned to adapt? Over the past 12 months, the federal government has been heavily regulating private investment in health care entities. Simultaneously, multiple states have enacted or introduced new laws restricting or requiring approval of such ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 81
- Knock, knock! If the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is already at your door, it may be too late. Enforcement is on the rise, and the microscope is fixed on controlled substances. What can industry stakeholders do to prevent penalties and protect themselves from DEA scrutiny? On this ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 80
- Laboratories in the United States are facing a major regulatory landscape shift. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a new rule ending its historical blanket enforcement discretion over laboratory developed tests (LDTs). What does this mean for labs going forward? On ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 79
In a recent landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the Chevron doctrine in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. This ruling has significant implications for employers and other entities in the health care and life sciences industries, as it changes the way courts ...
Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 78- Gender-affirming care has become the latest flashpoint in state legislatures and state and federal courts across the nation. States are divided, with some passing laws that seek to restrict access to gender-affirming care and others aiming to protect access. What is gender-affirming ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 76
- After nearly two years of combined efforts from the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the agencies jointly issued much-anticipated merger guidelines identifying the procedures and enforcement practices they will apply for evaluating ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 75
- Under the Biden administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a health equity framework that drastically changed the playing field for health plans and other risk-bearing entities. In the wake of these changes, how can health plans, accountable care ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 74
- What trends in state laws and regulations have emerged in the post-public health emergency (PHE) era, and how do these changes impact telehealth stakeholders? At the federal level, many telehealth-related flexibilities have been extended through December 31, 2024, whereas, at the state ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 73
- From wholesale revisions of the merger guidelines to significant amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification forms, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have proposed significant changes that, if adopted, will have profound effects on ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 72
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) broad definition of “misbranding” has created some industry confusion, while the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) updates to its Health Products Compliance Guidance have done the same. In light of these recent actions, what ...
Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 71- Throughout this series, we've talked about the growth of the direct access testing industry and the types of models developed to support the businesses that are using that type of testing. We've covered reimbursement considerations and physician ordering and specimen collection ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 70
The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization one year ago overturned 50 years of legal precedent protecting the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, leaving the question of whether and how to regulate abortion to individual states ...
Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 67- Subscribe on Amazon Music / Audible, Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Overcast, PlayerFM, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. Like the diversity of the industry itself, merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions in health care take many forms, varying in ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 66
- Subscribe on Amazon Music / Audible, Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Overcast, PlayerFM, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to preserve access to the prescription abortion drug mifepristone. However, while ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 65
- Subscribe on Amazon Music / Audible, Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Overcast, PlayerFM, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, included significant and controversial drug-pricing ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 64
- A complex landscape of state laws overlays the direct access testing model, ranging from physician order requirements, such as telemedicine standards and the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, to specimen collection considerations, including how the varying options for ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 63
- Subscribe on Amazon Music / Audible, Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Overcast, PlayerFM, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. Renewed interest in the potential benefits of psychedelic treatments has led to an upsurge in research. Is the first FDA approval ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 62
- Subscribe on Amazon Music / Audible, Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Overcast, PlayerFM, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. The Federal Reserve's steady increase of interest rates and the slowed economic growth have increased fiscal pressure ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 61
- Subscribe on Amazon Music / Audible, Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Overcast, PlayerFM, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. In conjunction with the national COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 60
- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. When analyzing the life cycle of any health care product, a key component to consider is how much the product will cost and who will pay for it. What unique challenges do direct access ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 59
- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. What are the various factors impacting stakeholders in the direct access testing industry? By the end of this four-part series on direct access laboratory testing, listeners will ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 58
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a final guidance document clarifying how the agency intends to regulate clinical decision support (CDS) software. How ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 57
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. Changes are on the horizon for provisions of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) that haven't been updated in over a decade. What exactly is PACE and how will new ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 56
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which effectively removed the federal constitutional protections for abortion, triggered a series of changes ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 55
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. With the recent midterm elections changing the composition of Congress, and the Biden administration's first opportunities to advance its policy priorities from the very beginning ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 54
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. In the aftermath of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, important questions have emerged about the current legal and regulatory landscape surrounding ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 53
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. Following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, some states have banned abortion in all or most circumstances and many more have enacted new ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 51
In celebration of the 50th episode of our Diagnosing Health Care podcast, we're looking at how the past 50 years of health law will impact health care in the next 50 years. On this episode, Epstein Becker Green attorneys Mark Lutes; Lynn Shapiro Snyder; Ted Kennedy, Jr.; and Nivedita Patel ...
Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 50- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. While the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be moving into our rearview mirror, government investigations and enforcement actions targeting COVID-19-related fraud are just starting to ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 49
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. How have complaints of information blocking been submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), and by whom? What does government enforcement action really look like? In ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 46
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. For years, pharmacy advocates have urged policymakers to make changes to state scope of practice laws that would permit pharmacists to prescribe and administer certain tests and ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 45
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. How is openEHR transforming the way health data is managed and stored across Europe? Will it soon disrupt the U.S. marketplace? In this episode of our special series on ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 43
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. In the past decade, certified electronic health records (EHRs) have been instrumental in transforming medical records from paper to digital formats. What obstacles are currently ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 42
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. What challenges are providers likely to face as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) prepares its permanent COVID-19 standard for health care workers? In this ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 40
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. What has contributed to the biotechnology industry’s explosive growth over the last several years? In this episode, special guests Don and Lisa Drakeman, two former CEOs of biotech ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 39
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. The Biden administration has released a series of rules and guidance to implement the No Surprises Act, which went into effect on January 1. All providers and facilities must now ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 32
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. We’re beginning to see how mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry are being impacted by President Biden’s executive order promoting competition in the American ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 30
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. As 2021 nears a close, acute care hospitals and health systems are facing a host of financial, regulatory, and legislative challenges. In this special episode of Diagnosing Health ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast – Episode 29
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred record growth in the dietary supplement industry in 2020. With this heightened consumer interest and many new entrants to the market, important ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 28
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the No Surprises Act as part of the $2.3 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act. Recently, the Biden administration issued its ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 27
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. Although the COVID-19 pandemic exposed cybersecurity vulnerabilities across sectors, it has particularly challenged the resilience of information systems for health care and life sciences ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 26
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. Federal and state cannabis regulation and enforcement appear to be moving in different directions. While the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has broadened its net to target businesses ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 24
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Vimeo, YouTube. The vaccine passport has been a major topic of discussion as businesses and governments consider how to balance privacy and safety through the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Epstein Becker Green ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 23
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") of the Department of Health and Human Services have at last published their ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 21
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, the American Rescue Plan, includes money for rural hospitals, billions of dollars for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, and ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 20
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act ("DPA") to speed up the production of vaccines and increase the domestic production of COVID-19 tests, personal ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 19
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. This Diagnosing Health Care episode focuses on the legal history of the current immunization delivery system for vaccines in the United States. The system is complex and ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 18
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. The 117th Congressional health care agenda, including COVID-19 related action, will require 60 votes in the Senate or passage through budget reconciliation. Attorneys Mark ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 17
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. This Diagnosing Health Care episode dives into the growth of physician practices accepting risk-based payments from health plans and examines why these practices are ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 16
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. The Biden Administration's first 100 days in office will bring forth executive orders, regulations, and new legislation with noteworthy health care policy implications that ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 15
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and Vimeo. This Diagnosing Health Care episode examines the fraud and abuse enforcement landscape in the telehealth space and considers ways telehealth providers can mitigate their ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 14
- Contact tracing will continue to play a big role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in understanding the impact of vaccines. Attorneys Michelle Capezza, Karen Mandelbaum, and Jessika Tuazon look at the privacy issues health care companies and employers across industries ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 13
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. Oral arguments in California v. Texas offer a glimpse at how the Supreme Court might rule in deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Attorneys Stuart Gerson and Tim Murphy ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 12
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. This Diagnosing Health Care episode dives into the prospects of coverage expansion following the 2020 elections and also examines three major health care policy reform issues that have bipartisan support ...
Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 11- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. This Diagnosing Health Care episode dives into the key business operations and legal considerations for reshoring active pharmaceutical ingredient (or “API”) and finished drug ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 10
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. This Diagnosing Health Care episode looks at the adjustments to business operations and compliance programs that pharmaceutical and medical device companies need to consider as they ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 8
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. This Diagnosing Health Care episode dives into the status of the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA’s”) plan for regulating cannabis and cannabis-derived products and what ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 5
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. In this Diagnosing Health Care episode, hear how the government’s fraud and abuse enforcement priorities have shifted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and how compliance programs must ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 3
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. This Diagnosing Health Care episode focuses on how hospitals are addressing financial strains while also combatting the COVID-19 pandemic on the front lines. The episode is hosted ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 2
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube. This Diagnosing Health Care episode focuses on the growing opportunity for providers to integrate telehealth into their practice through a compliant and forward-thinking approach. The ...Diagnosing Health Care Podcast - Episode 1
- Epstein Becker Green’s Telemental Health Laws app now reflects the 2019 changes to telehealth laws, regulations, and policies that are affecting mental and behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In 2019, we saw continued ...Telemental Health Laws
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