Congress Senator Grassley Announces Plans to Create Whistleblower Caucus Thomas Sullivan Apr 18, 2014 0 Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) plans to create a "Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus." Grassley's plan coincides with the…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Webinars – More Information in a… Thomas Sullivan Apr 17, 2014 1 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has hosted two Sunshine Act webinars this week for physicians and other…
Events 5TH Aggregate Spend and Sunshine Conference Thomas Sullivan Apr 17, 2014 0 Pharmaceutical and device companies are on the hook for filing their first Sunshine Act reports this year. The 5th Aggregate Spend…
CMS Medicare Payment Data Released: Journalists Create National and Regional… Thomas Sullivan Apr 16, 2014 0 On April 9th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2012 Medicare billing information for individual…
Clinical Research Pharmaceutical Companies Moving Towards Greater Clinical Trial Transparency Thomas Sullivan Apr 15, 2014 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released all of its Medicare billing data for individual physicians last week. The…
International Physician Payments Sunshine: Ireland Scrutinizes Doctors’ Speaker… Thomas Sullivan Apr 14, 2014 0 A recent article in The Daily Business Post, a news outlet in Ireland, examined the relationship between doctors and…
International Physician Payments Sunshine: British Pharmaceutical Payments Thomas Sullivan Apr 14, 2014 0 The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) recently published 2013 aggregate totals of industry payments made…
HHS Kathleen Sebelius Resigns; Fields Last Question on Sunshine Act Thomas Sullivan Apr 11, 2014 0 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the public face of Affordable Care Act's rocky rollout, will step down. Her…
Media ProPublica Tells Journalists How To Use Sunshine Act Information Thomas Sullivan Apr 11, 2014 0 ProPublica has developed a niche over the past couple of years through its "Dollars for Docs" database. As we have covered…
Government Agencies Takeda, Lilly Hit with $9 Billion Punitive Damages in Actos Lawsuit Thomas Sullivan Apr 10, 2014 0 Asia's biggest pharmaceutical company, Takeda, and their marketing partner, Eli Lilly, face $9 billion in punitive damages…