Drug Information Association 48th Annual Meeting: Collaborate to Innovate
The Drug Information Association (DIA) will be hosting its 48th annual meeting next month, from June 24-28th, in Philadelphia, at…
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2012
Senate Finance Committee Open Letter Seeks Input to Fight Fraud
The Senate Finance Committee recently posted an open letter on its website to the health care sector soliciting industry…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Medi-Medi Fraud Detection Program Falls…
The Medicare-Medicaid Data Match program (Medi-Medi program) enables program safeguard contractors (PSC) and participating State…
FDA Reports Fewer Number of New Drug Shortages
As we have noted over the past several months, drug shortages have been causing severe problems for patients in America. Drug…
Abbott Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement
Continuing the recent trend of large legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies, the Department of Justice (DOJ) this week…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS to Establish a Working Group to Meet…
As we noted last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was delaying the reporting of…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid: Proposed Rules for Hospital Inpatient…
In late April 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule (1313 pages!) that would enhance the…
ACCME: Spring Accreditation Updates
In March, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) was busy with a number of activities, events and…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Delays Data Collection Until 2013
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, data collection by manufactures will not be required until 2013. See their…
Accountable Care Organizations: CMS Announces Second Round Medicare Shared…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the selection of the first 27 Accountable Care…