Below is Alston & Bird’s
Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news.
Week in Review Highlight of the Week:
This week, President Biden signed a bill extending a moratorium on Medicare sequestration through the end of 2021. Read more about the law and other news below.
I. Regulations, Notices & Guidance
On April 15, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance entitled,
Remote Interactive Evaluations of Drug Manufacturing and Bioresearch Monitoring Facilities During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. FDA is issuing this guidance to describe how the agency will request and conduct voluntary remote interactive evaluations at facilities where drugs are manufactured, processed, packed, or held; facilities covered under FDA’s bioresearch monitoring (BIMO) program; an
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Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics â Week of 4.11.21
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That, of course, is the site where a compromised retention pond nearly ruptured two weeks ago. That could have created an ecological disaster.
Florida is a world leader in the mining of phosphate, which is used to make fertilizer. As Piney Point showed though, what’s left behind after the processing could create a catastrophe.
Residents near the reservoir got off with just a bullet whizzing past their collective ears. In times of crisis, though, you take what you can get.
Once the immediate crisis passes, it’s time to think about the best way to keep it from happening again. That’s why the Governor should widen his net and tell those same scientists and engineers to stay on the job until all 25 gypsum stacks in the state are gone.
Infections of younger people indicate UK variant surge in US David Hogberg © Provided by Washington Examiner
Data from some states shows that children and young adults are accounting for a larger proportion of coronavirus cases during the current surge, another sign that the more transmissible U.K. variant is becoming the dominant strain in the United States.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently stated that U.K. variant, also known as B.1.1.7, was now the dominant strain in the U.S. She also said, “We are seeing these increases in younger adults, most of whom have not yet been vaccinated.”