The Department of Justice (DOJ) has increased its focus on enforcing corporate crimes. Earlier this year, the DOJ announced a voluntary corporate disclosure policy designed to create uniform standards for companies to timely disclose misconduct. A recently announced new DOJ policy specifically targets mergers and acquisitions (M&A). On October 4, Assistant Attorney General Lisa Monaco …
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The Justice Department monitors potentially anticompetitive deals in the healthcare industry. “When it comes to antitrust enforcement and competition policy in the United States, there is no more important question than what we can do to safeguard competition in the healthcare sector,” Assistant Attorney General Andrew J. Forman said last week at a Washington, D.C., …
The University of Maryland at College Park will now allow residential students who test positive for COVID-19 to quarantine on campus, a policy change that comes three weeks after the House Select Subcommittee U.S. officials on the coronavirus pandemic announced an investigation into school isolation. Strategies. Last month, the subcommittee sent a letter to UMD …
Washington, D.C. The National Association of Manufacturers released a new study, Creating Cures, Saving Lives, which demonstrates the urgency of strengthening U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing in the face of political threats to the sector’s global and innovative leadership. Creating Cures, Saving Lives analyzes the sector’s contributions to the broader economy and its commitment to R&D that …
LA GRANGE, Ill., November 1, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) LTC News, a leading online destination for news and information on aging, caregiving, health, long-term care and retirement planning , announces the launch of a vast long-term online program. directory of temporary care. This new resource connects individuals and families to a multitude of quality long-term care …
Two state senators are calling for an audit of Connect for Health Colorado after a CBS News Colorado investigation found the organization gave money to some political organizations and funded political events like galas and helped some organizations policies to raise funds. Connect for Health receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, directly and indirectly. …
Marquette College of Nursing in Milwaukee announced this week that it has begun training nursing students in electronic health record documentation using the Epics Lyceum platform, an educational version of its EHR. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT Previously, Marquette nursing students could only use parts of the Epics software as part of their hospital training and …
An analysis of the link between health outcomes and voting disparities shows that Ohio suffers from barriers in both health and voting access. The nonpartisan Healthy Democracy Healthy People coalition, with researchers from the Network for Public Health Law, updated its Health and Democracy Index this month to compare 12 “public health indicators” and voter …
Some federal lawmakers are working to address workforce issues in the hospice sector, as well as bolster support for family caregivers. In a tense political environment, palliative care policy is one area where members of both parties are finding common ground. Lawmakers have introduced a series of bipartisan bills intended to relieve workforce pressures and …