This post was written by Catherine A. Durkin and Areta L. Kupchyk. On May 22, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced plans for what it is calling the “Sentinel System”—a new, national electronic health information surveillance system to track the performance and safety of medical products once they are on the market. In … Continue Reading
I. INTRODUCTION On April 30, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule to implement the Fiscal Year 2009 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (the “IPPS proposed rule”). 73 Fed. Reg. 23528. The IPPS proposed rule includes possible changes to certain provisions of the federal Physician Self-Referral Law, or “Stark … Continue Reading
This post was written by Peggy Sanner. On May 1, 2008, in Lowe v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al.1, the Oregon Supreme Court rejected a smoker’s bid to mount a medical monitoring class action against five cigarette manufacturers. The court concluded that the plaintiff’s admitted lack of any present physical injury doomed her negligence … Continue Reading