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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

New ORI Misconduct Rule Offers ‘Thoughtful’ Revisions in Wake of Highly Criticized NPRM

Now that the HHS Office for Research Integrity (ORI) has published its final rule revising 2005 regulations governing misconduct, compliance officials could be engaging in three activities simultaneously: checking to see if...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

ORI’s Garrity: Final Rule ‘Walks Delicate Line’

Sheila Garrity, director of the HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI), recently spoke to RRC about the agency‘s new rule revising research misconduct regulations, which has a compliance date of Jan. 1, 2026 (see related...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: August 2024

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 15 days from receipt of its June 21 warning letter to elaborate on corrective actions to address violations of federal requirements...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

NY Medical College Clashes With OIG After Audit Questions $7.5M, PI Salaries, ‘Illegible Signatures’

New York Medical College (NYMC) officials thought the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit was wrapping up in December 2021, based on what “the original senior auditor” told them. But the auditor retired and work...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OHRP FY 25 Budget Request Lacks Prior Plea For Funding, Staff Increases; Plans Are Modest

In December 2022, Julie Kaneshiro—then deputy director of the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)—disclosed that the agency had 32 positions but that only 20 were filled, leaving 12 vacant or “on hold,” due to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: March 2024

The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) are among a handful of groups “urging the Biden administration to rescind a policy proposal that would threaten the American...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: October 2023

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, no. 10 (October, 2023) The HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will have two new members when it meets this month. In an email sent to its...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: June 2023

After reviewing recommendations from its Office of Inspector General (OIG), the National Science Foundation (NSF) required Yale University to repay $172,213 of the $251,973 auditors flagged in a 2020 report. According to a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

After GAO Report, OHRP Asks SACHRP to Tackle Elusive Goal: Define, Measure IRB Effectiveness

After releasing a report requested nearly three years ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and HHS “should clean up the industry to keep patients safe.” The industry to which the Democratic...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2022 Research Conference - October 6th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CDT

Stay on top of the latest in research compliance - Do you want to learn: - Current best practices for building and maintaining a  research compliance work plan? - How to better shift your program’s research focus in...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 7. In This Month’s E-News: July 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 7 (July 2021) - In a review of more than 500 NIH awards, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that about one-fifth were funded “out of rank order,” and for more than a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Leadership Jobs Finally Filled, ORI Seeks Input on Sequestering Digital Evidence

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 6 (June 2020) - With the recent appointment of an HHS leader as its permanent director and a former Johns Hopkins misconduct official to another key post, the HHS Office of Research...more

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