HHS-OIG Summary of Recent Settlements Novartis, Amgen and Boehringer Ingelheim Thomas Sullivan Jul 19, 2013 1 The healthcare fraud settlements just keep rolling in. Recently, federal healthcare enforcement authorities settled several cases…
AMA AMA’s National Health Insurer Report Card – $12 Billion Could be Saved… Thomas Sullivan Jul 18, 2013 1 Patients are responsible for nearly one-quarter of the medical bill, according to the findings released today from American…
Clinical Research JAMA Drops Requirement for Independent Statistical Analysis for Industry… Thomas Sullivan Jul 17, 2013 0 The Journal of American Medical Association dropped its requirement for independent statistical analyses of industry-funded…
Electronic Health Records HHS OIG: Hospital Compliance Programs Thomas Sullivan Jul 17, 2013 0 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human services (HHS) recently did a podcast on…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Open Payment – Questions and Answers… Thomas Sullivan Jul 17, 2013 0 Updated: October 30th, 2013: As we have reported numerous times, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services issued answers to…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Final Rule Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Launches Open Payment Apps for… Thomas Sullivan Jul 16, 2013 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Open Payments Apps for Physicians and Manufacturers/GPO's to…
FDA FDA REMS: FDA Hosting a Two Day Meeting on Issues and Challenges with REMS… Thomas Sullivan Jul 16, 2013 0 Over the past year, we have written several times about the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) goals to standardize Risk…
FDA FDA Launches Patient First Website Thomas Sullivan Jul 15, 2013 0 Last summer, Congress enacted the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), which included the fifth…
ACCME ACCME Issues Compliance Reminders Thomas Sullivan Jul 12, 2013 0 In its monthly newsletter, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) noted that it is currently reviewing…
CME AAFP Updates CME Faculty Resource Center Thomas Sullivan Jul 12, 2013 0 The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Division of Continuing Medical Education (DCME) recently announced that it is…