Affordable Care Act Policy and Medicine: Current Healthcare Landscape and Predictions for 2014 Thomas Sullivan Dec 31, 2013 0 We see 2014 as a year of change for the healthcare market. Forces such as the newly implemented health exchanges, the beginning of…
GAO HHS Duplicative Databases Slows Enforcement Efforts Thomas Sullivan Dec 30, 2013 0 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report highlighting the important role oversight and law enforcement…
FDA The Discrediting OTC Ads – Articles Include Potentially Misleading Claims Thomas Sullivan Dec 27, 2013 0 A recent study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that as many as "six out of 10 pharmaceutical ads"…
CMS HHS Launches Meaningful Consent to Engage Patients in Sharing Electronic… Thomas Sullivan Dec 26, 2013 0 The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently launched a new website aimed at aiding providers in their…
Pharmaceutical and Device IFPMA Millennium Development Goals Thomas Sullivan Dec 24, 2013 0 In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out in motion a landmark political agenda from the highest levels of national…
FDA Trends in FDA cGMP Violations Thomas Sullivan Dec 23, 2013 0 We have previously written that one of the new trends in enforcement in the life sciences industry is the focus the federal…
Media New York Times Attack on ADHD Treatment: The Treatment as the Disease Thomas Sullivan Dec 20, 2013 1 In a much discussed New York Times story on the explosion of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses, reporter…
Conflict of Interest PBS Debate: Should doctors be paid by pharmaceutical companies to promote… Thomas Sullivan Dec 19, 2013 0 As Policy and Medicine reported on Dec. 17, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced it will no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs,…
Events The Rise of Stand Alone State Attorney Healthcare Enforcement Webinar Thomas Sullivan Dec 19, 2013 0 On December 19, 2013, from 1:00PM - 2:00PM EST is the following program: "The Rise of Stand-Alone State Attorney General Health…
ACCME CME: ACCME Invites Feedback on Proposal to Simplify Accreditation… Thomas Sullivan Dec 19, 2013 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) recently announced a public call for comment about its proposal…