HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has added the founder and CEO of the health technology firm Theranos, Inc. to the OIG exclusion list , which means Elizabeth Holmes is prohibited from participation in Federal health care programs for 90 years.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2023

To find further evidence supporting this statement, you need only visit the Enforcement Highlights page on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website. The page reveals that, since 2003, the agency has received more than 300,000 complaints alleging violations of HIPAA.

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HIPAA Hospitals Medical Personnel Compliance 74

SQA

AUGUST 8, 2023

Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) PCPC MoCRA Toolkit, May 2023 Enacted in December 2022, the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) represents years of efforts by the Personal Care Products Council, the FDA, Congress, and other stakeholders to modernize the U.S. cosmetic regulatory framework.

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FDA Compliance COVID-19 World Health 40

Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

That Complaint alleges various antivax conspiracy theories concerning COVID-19 vaccines, the FDA, emergency use authorizations, and the media that have circulated since these vaccines first became available. The FDA, however, did not and does not share that belief. FDA (8/23/21) press release (emphasis original).

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 12, 2022

If the antivaxxers win in DeCostanzo , then society as a whole loses, because as the Supreme Court stated in Bruesewitz , “the elimination of communicable diseases through vaccination” is “one of the greatest achievements of public health in the 20th century.” 2003), and Doe v. at 226 (footnote and quotation marks omitted).

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