Affordable Care Act Physicians Face Cash Crunch – New Payment Models May not Work for Many… Thomas Sullivan Feb 7, 2012 0 According to a recent article from CNN Money, “many doctors are going broke,” creating a “quiet reality that is spreading…
Affordable Care Act Independent Payment Advisory Board May Be Much Further Off Than Originally… Thomas Sullivan Feb 6, 2012 0 One of the major issues with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB),…
CMS HHS Adoption of Standards for Health Care Electronic Funds Thomas Sullivan Feb 6, 2012 1 The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a rule that adopts streamlined standards for the format and data…
Uncategorized HHS OIG Annual Solicitation For Safe Harbors Thomas Sullivan Feb 3, 2012 0 On December 29, 2011, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services ("OIG") published its annual…
FDA FDA Quantitative Summary of the Benefits and Risks of Prescription Drugs: A… Thomas Sullivan Feb 2, 2012 0 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the availability of a draft report entitled “Quantitative Summary of the…
Pharmaceutical and Device Critical Issues Affecting the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2012 Thomas Sullivan Feb 2, 2012 2 Recently, the consulting firm Booz Allen reflected on the critical issues that the pharmaceutical industry will face in 2012 and…
Affordable Care Act CMS Innovation Center: One Year of Innovation Thomas Sullivan Feb 1, 2012 0 This month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center, created by the Affordable Care Act,…
Affordable Care Act Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institutes National Priorities for… Thomas Sullivan Jan 31, 2012 0 One of the bigger pieces of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was the idea to lower healthcare costs through…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine: Media Missing the Mark – This Could be… Thomas Sullivan Jan 30, 2012 0 In the weeks following the issuance of the proposed rules to implement the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”), there…
Innovation Translational Research Innovation The Way Forward Thomas Sullivan Jan 27, 2012 0 A recent Forbes article from David Shaywitz, MD/PhD, discussed a highly interactive translational research innovation symposium at…