Pharmaceutical and Device Developing Fair Market Value for Physician Payments Thomas Sullivan Dec 8, 2011 0 Pharmaceutical companies have long relied on healthcare practitioners to provide perspective on developmental and marketed…
CMS CMS Updates Rule for Hospital Outpatients and Guidelines for SGR Thomas Sullivan Dec 7, 2011 1 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with comment period (final rule) that will update…
Innovation Interventional Cardiologist Sees Negative Trend in Innovation: Despite… Thomas Sullivan Dec 6, 2011 0 A recent article from TCTmd noted that, “the field of Interventional Cardiology has seen negative trends in innovation – defined…
CME Alliance for CME Becomes the Alliance for Continuing Education in the… Thomas Sullivan Dec 6, 2011 1 In an effort to increase its membership from physician educators to educators for all health professionals the Alliance for CME …
FDA FDA: Initiative to Vet Advertising of Newly Approved Products, the Launches… Thomas Sullivan Dec 5, 2011 0 Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP), which was formerly the Division of…
FDA FDA Seeks Input on Device Classification System Thomas Sullivan Dec 5, 2011 0 Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened up a public comment period, extending to mid-January, to get perspective…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine: Senate Aging Committee Hearing Moved to… Thomas Sullivan Dec 2, 2011 1 Originally scheduled for December 7th Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) will convene a hearing on…
Uncategorized CMS Proposes Rules to Reduce Regulatory Burden on Hospitals Thomas Sullivan Dec 2, 2011 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed new rules that would reduce unnecessary, obsolete, or burdensome…
FDA FDA REMS to Promote Closer Ties to Healthcare Professionals Thomas Sullivan Dec 1, 2011 1 A recent article from the Food Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Update Magazine, discussed a recent session entitled “The Impact of…
CME Joslin Diabetes Center to Study Assessment Methodologies for CME Activities Thomas Sullivan Nov 30, 2011 1 The Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, announced the launch of a landmark research initiative to…