Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Releases User Guide for Industry
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a "User Guide For Industry" regarding its Open…
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August 2013
Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013
We previously noted that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering extensive publishing of Medicare…
Senate Hearing: Health Information Technology Using it to Improve Care –…
Recently, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing entitled "Health Information Technology (HIT): Using it to Improve Care."…
Increased Enforcement in China Could Result in Large Fines in US and UK
Recent articles have focused on the story of China baring GlaxoSmithKline executive from leaving the country as it turns up the…
AMA Reports Drop in Incorrect Health Claims for Third Year in a Row
The percentage of incorrectly processed health plan claims fell for the third straight year to 7.1% in 2013, according to the…
CMS Requests Public Comments on the Potential Release of Medicare Physician…
Back in late June ProPublica published the Medicare Part D data as part of a public request for information, under the Freedom of…
Physician Payment Sunshine: Pan European Physician Payment Rules Begin…
Pharmaceutical manufacturers operating in Europe must disclose payments made to physicians starting in 2016 in an effort to boost…
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing:…
Gary Cantrell, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, and Stuart Wright, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluation and…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Teleconference Offers Future…
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a conference call regarding the implementation of its Open…
IOM Review Shows NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program…
Recently, The Institute of Medicine (IOM)
released its review
of the mission and strategic goals of the Clinical and…