Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Federal pre-emption of state-law claims medical-device manufacturers

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This issue keeps turning up on SCOTUS' docket every few years like the proverbial bad penny. Most recently, it takes the form of Riegel ...

It's been a long time . . .

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. . . not just a long time, actually: It's been a of a long time since my last post, due mostly to conferences and speeches the past fe...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Bones and tissue stolen by undertakers and sold illegally

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This CNN story is just the latest in a long line of exposés of the apparently irremediably corrupt bones-and-tissue market. How long can th...
Monday, October 23, 2006

Porter & Teisberg's "Redefining Health Care" gets raked over the coals

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I was impressed by Michael Porter's and Elizabeth Olmstead Teisberg's article-length adaption of their health-care policy book when...
Sunday, October 22, 2006

Widener seeking new director of health law program

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Widener School of Law is looking for a director for their health law program . Here are the specs: Widener University School of Law (Wilming...
Saturday, October 21, 2006

Latest from AHLA's Health Lawyers Weekly (20 Oct 2006)

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From the excellent Health Lawyers Weekly ( AHLA member benefit ), here's the table of contents from the October 20 issue: Top Stories O...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006

If it could happen to Triad, it could happen to you

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It's a sign of the times, I suppose: As health insurance becomes more expensive, more employers (especially small businesses and others ...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Latest from AHLA's Health Lawyers Weekly (13 Oct 2006)

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From the excellent Health Lawyers Weekly ( AHLA member benefit ), here's the table of contents from the October 13 issue: Top Stories ...
Monday, October 16, 2006

"The Massachusetts Plan and the Future of Universal Coverage"

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That's the title of an upcoming conference (click here ) and law review symposium issue (click here ) at the University of Kansas School...

AHLA, Matyas & Valiant score with new edition of fraud and abuse classic

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I wouldn't want to guess how many thousands of health lawyers have turned to one of the first two editions of Legal Issues in Healthcare...
Sunday, October 15, 2006

Back to the world of the living

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I've been away for a little work on my damaged left knee. Sorry for the break in communications. I'll try to make up for lost time t...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Falling into Medicare Part D's doughnut hole

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Good editorial in the Oct. 6 N.Y. Times about the Part D Medicare pharmaceutical benefit. It omits one fact and misleadingly states anothe...
Saturday, October 07, 2006

Rationing flu vaccine: WSJ considers the ethics

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Good discussion in a FREE online article over at the Wall Street Journal : "If We Must RationVaccines for a Flu,Who Calls the Shots?,...
Friday, October 06, 2006

Latest from AHLA's Health Lawyers Weekly (06 Oct 2006)

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From the excellent Health Lawyers Weekly ( AHLA member benefit ), here's the table of contents from the October 6 issue : Top Stories I...
Wednesday, October 04, 2006

GAO: CMS' medical data susceptible to hackers

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Here are a few opening paragraphs that ought to startle even the most jaded government bureaucrat: Security weaknesses have left millions of...

SSRN roundup: public health law (September 2006 additions)

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Governance, Microgovernance and Health - Temple Law Review, Vol. 77, p. 335, 2004 Scott Burris, Temple University Beasley School of Law Dat...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006

NLRB rules most charge nurses are "supervisors"

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In a potentially far-reaching opinion on September 29 (and released today), the NLRB (by a 3-2 vote) ruled that permanently assigned charge...

SSRN roundup: health law (September 2006 additions)

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Consolidating Pharmaceutical Regulation Down Under: Policy Options and Practical Realities - Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 0...
Monday, October 02, 2006

More on the Provena tax-exemption case

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As previously noted here , Provena Covenant Medical Center last week lost its administrative appeal to the Illinois Department of Revenue of...
Sunday, October 01, 2006

GAO report on emergency medical services post-Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina: Status of Hospital Inpatient and EmergencyDepartments in the Greater New Orleans Area. GAO-06-1003, September29. Report ...