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…
State Policy Massachusetts House Votes for Third Year in a Row to Repeal the “Gift Ban” Thomas Sullivan Apr 30, 2012 0 The Massachusetts State House, for the third year in a row, voted to repeal the controversial Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and…
NIH Living Longer and the NIH Eli Lilly National Center for Advancing… Thomas Sullivan Apr 30, 2012 0 Over the past few years, health care reform has consistently made news headlines. The significant costs and problems generated by…
Uncategorized ICD-10 Implementation Delay Announced for One Year to October 1, 2014 Thomas Sullivan Apr 27, 2012 1 The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) officially proposed delaying the ICD-10 deadline by an extra year to Oct. 1,…
CME Continuing Medical Education: ACP Looks at New Models to Achieve Quality… Thomas Sullivan Apr 26, 2012 2 A recent article from the American College of Physicians look at new models of continuing medical education (CME), which seek not…
Medical Societies Choosing Wisely: Associations Join to Educate Physicians and Pateints on… Thomas Sullivan Apr 25, 2012 0 A recent initiative lead by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIM Foundation) and in partnership with…
Quality Improvement National Quality Forum Adopts Four New Quality Measures Thomas Sullivan Apr 24, 2012 0 The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently added to its list an additional four measures that focus on patients with asthma,…