May 2011

One of the keystone provisions contained within the Affordable Care Act (ACA or health care reform) was the idea of Accountable…

Recently, the American Medical Students Association (AMSA) held their annual conference.  Interestingly, one of the participants…

Physicians who participated in live half-day, case-based, multi-format Continuing Medical Education (CME) workshop were 50% more…

Section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—commonly known as the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA)—requires the public…

In an effort to support the “gift ban” which is costing Massachusetts small business millions in revenue and continuing the…

 As we noted last month, the Massachusetts State Assembly voted overwhelmingly 128-22 to repeal the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical…

Forty-nine committees, with more than 600 members, advise the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in their process to approve drugs…

Back in October 2010, The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), a coalition of chief executives representing all sectors of…

Advances in medicine and health care improve the lives of millions of Americans each day.  Because of new treatments, tools, and…

This week, the Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, launched a landmark Performance Improvement…