Affordable Care Act HIPAA Gone Wild: HHS HITECH Act Proposed Rule Calling for On Demand All… Thomas Sullivan Jun 23, 2011 1 Imagine a world where every time someone accessed a patients record from the billing clerk to physicians, nurses and pharmacists,…
AMA AMA CEJA 2011: AMA House of Delegates Approves Report – Now Emphasis on… Thomas Sullivan Jun 22, 2011 0 Earlier this week, the American Medical Association House of Delegates (AMA HOD) passed the Council on Judicial and Ethical…
State Policy Maine Set to Repeal Unfair Prescription Drug Prices Act and End PBM… Thomas Sullivan Jun 22, 2011 0 A recent article from the Sun Journal explained that Maine could soon shed a 2003 law designed to protect consumers from high drug…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct State House Speaker Calls for Repeal of Massachusetts Manufacturers Code of… Thomas Sullivan Jun 21, 2011 0 As we noted back in April of this year, the Massachusetts legislature voted 128-22 to pass a fiscal 2012 budget amendment…
Pharmaceutical and Device Industry-Physician-Academic-Government Collaboration and the Global Fight… Thomas Sullivan Jun 20, 2011 0 Over thirty years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the outbreak of an unusual form of pneumonia…
Affordable Care Act Physician Payment Sunshine: Opposition to the Additional Reporting… Thomas Sullivan Jun 17, 2011 0 Sunburn or Sunshine? That is the question one has to ask when they consider the extensive effort and economic burden that will be…
Medical Journals The Unhealthy Separation of Marketing and Education Support from Research Thomas Sullivan Jun 16, 2011 0 It is often quoted by critics that "if only industry funded research alone and stopped spending on marketing or supporting…
AMA AMA CEJA 2011: The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education Calls for… Thomas Sullivan Jun 15, 2011 0 The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (Alliance), which represents more than 2,300 professionals who strive every day to…
ACCME ACCME: Continuing Medical Education at Work Thomas Sullivan Jun 14, 2011 0 Recently, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) announced the publication of The Accreditation…
CME The CME Coalition Launches Thomas Sullivan Jun 14, 2011 0 Continuing medical education (CME) refers to a range of educational programs provided by trained professionals that helps…