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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Tuesday banned U.S. taxpayer funds from going to state-run labs in China after her amendment was unanimously adopted to the “Endless Frontier Act,” which aims to help the United States compete with China in research and development.
AJ Taylor5 days agoLast Updated: May 25, 2021
Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who has been sounding the alarm for over a year about U.S. tax dollars being funneled into China’s state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), successfully banned any additional future U.S. funding from going to China’s state-lab. Ernst’s amendment was adopted, with unanimous support, to the
Endless Frontier Act a bill being considered this week in the Senate that aims to help the U.S. compete with China in research and development.
Ernst’s ban on future U.S. funding to the WIV comes after the
Monday, May 24, 2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued Advisory Opinion No. 21-02, regarding a joint investment by a health system, a manager, and certain surgeons in an ambulatory surgery center (“ASC”) (the “Proposed Arrangement”). According to a national survey, most hospitals and health systems are planning to increase their investments in ASCs and anticipate converting hospital outpatient departments to ASCs. Many hospitals with ASCs operate the ASCs as physician joint ventures. As payors and patients continue to show interest in having outpatient procedures performed in ASCs, there is an expected trend to see an increase in investments and joint ventures in ASCs therefore making the Advisory Opinion particularly noteworthy.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued Advisory Opinion No. 21-02, regarding a joint investment by a health system, a.