Compliance & Legal

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This week's top stories include Fitbit's voluntary recall of its Ionic smartwatch following at least 115 reports of the watches overheating and 78 reports of burn injuries in the U.S., and an AMA-led study finds that primary care physician turnover</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">is especially costly to public and private payers. </span></span></span></span></span></p>

The resolution is unlikely to pass the House, and Biden would veto the bill if passed, the White House says.

Attorneys representing insulin purchasers against Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly say they have filed a motion for class certification.

Biden says his top priority is getting prices under control, including drug prices.

Nationally, the nursing home staff vaccination rate is about 84%; 23 states report staff vaccination rates higher than the national average.

The monopoly of data consolidation would allow insurance giant to use claims of millions of Americans to reduce competition, DOJ says.

The DOJ is reportedly preparing the lawsuit to block the deal.

Rhode Island will join the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit to block the merger.

The bill comes in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking President Biden's nationwide vaccine mandate for large employers.

The biggest noncompliance was non-posting or incomplete posting of all of the negotiated prices for each item and service.