Health Care Law News and Insights

On 7 October 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 418 (known as the California Food Safety Act) that bans four additives from use in food. The additives in question (brominated vegetable oil (BVO), potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye 3) are cleared for certain uses at the federal level under the...

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A recent U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advisory opinion could impact how multi-specialty physician practices structure bonuses paid to physician employees from procedures performed at its ambulatory surgery centers. The proposed compensation arrangement described in the advisory opinion would not be prohibited...

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On September 27, 2023, FDA issued a final guidance titled Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions. This final guidance updates a draft guidance of the same title issued on April 8, 2022, discussed in a previous Ropes & Gray alert, and replaces the agency's 2014 final...

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