Corporate Integrity Agreements Abbott Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement Thomas Sullivan May 9, 2012 2 Continuing the recent trend of large legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies, the Department of Justice (DOJ) this week…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS to Establish a Working Group to Meet… Thomas Sullivan May 8, 2012 0 As we noted last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was delaying the reporting of…
Accountable Care Organizations Centers for Medicare and Medicaid: Proposed Rules for Hospital Inpatient… Thomas Sullivan May 8, 2012 0 In late April 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule (1313 pages!) that would enhance the…
ACCME ACCME: Spring Accreditation Updates Thomas Sullivan May 7, 2012 1 In March, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) was busy with a number of activities, events and…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Delays Data Collection Until 2013 Thomas Sullivan May 4, 2012 0 According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, data collection by manufactures will not be required until 2013. See their…
Accountable Care Organizations Accountable Care Organizations: CMS Announces Second Round Medicare Shared… Thomas Sullivan May 4, 2012 3 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the selection of the first 27 Accountable Care…
International Physician Payment Sunshine: French Sunshine Act and Disclosure Rules for… Thomas Sullivan May 3, 2012 1 While U.S. companies are preparing for the final regulations from CMS to implement the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which will…
Conflict of Interest Former FDA Commissioner Calls for End of FDA Conflict of Interest Rules Thomas Sullivan May 2, 2012 0 As we noted last month, former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., wrote an op-ed in the…
CMS CMS Final Rule on Fraud Prevention Thomas Sullivan May 2, 2012 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced a final rule that prevents fraud in Medicare and is estimated…
Affordable Care Act Medscape Physician Compensation Report Physicians Skeptical of ACO Model Thomas Sullivan May 1, 2012 1 Medscape, WebMD’s flagship site for medical professionals, issued a report in the end of April highlighting the opinions of 24,000…