Government Regulation Groups Physician Payment Sunshine: ProPublica Matches Medicare Part D Data with… Thomas Sullivan Jul 3, 2013 0 With less than a month to go before applicable manufacturers must begin reporting payments to physicians and teaching hospitals as…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Final Rule Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Posts Round 3 of Q&A Exempts… Thomas Sullivan Jul 2, 2013 0 Today CMS posted answers to frequently asked questions for Open Payments (Physician Payment Sunshine Act) including questions…
HHS-OIG ISTA Settlement Includes Divestiture and Debarment Thomas Sullivan Jul 2, 2013 0 In what has been one of the less prominent drug-settlements in recent times, the federal government recently entered…
BioSimilar Recent Survey Shows the Need for Education on the Differences Between… Thomas Sullivan Jul 1, 2013 0 The North American for Continuing Medical Education, LLC (NACCME) recently announced the results of a survey of oncologists,…
Drug Shortages Drug Shortages Remain in 2013 Thomas Sullivan Jun 28, 2013 0 While Congress and federal health agencies have been constantly busy enacting new healthcare and drug legislation and implementing…
AMA AMA House of Delegates Calls for Limits to Maintenance of Certification… Thomas Sullivan Jun 27, 2013 0 MedPage Today reported that the AMA "made its disapproval of board and licensure recertification programs heard loud and clear…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Final Rule Physician Payment Sunshine: Minnesota Officially Scales Back Physician… Thomas Sullivan Jun 27, 2013 0 Back in January of this year, the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy, through its Executive Director Cody Wiberg, announced that it would…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Final Rule Physician Payment Sunshine Act: AMA House of Delegates Voice Concern over… Thomas Sullivan Jun 26, 2013 0 Last week, we reported that the American Medical Association (AMA) would be discussing at its annual meeting in Chicago a number…
CMS CMS Proposes Increased Incentives for Information on Misuse Thomas Sullivan Jun 26, 2013 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would increase incentives for people to report…
HHS-OIG HHS OIG Reports Small Percentage of Prescribers May be Overutilizing Part D… Thomas Sullivan Jun 25, 2013 0 Recently we reported that ProPublica had launched a new effort known as "Prescriber Checkup", which allows anyone with internet…