HHS-OIG OIG Releases Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring… Thomas Sullivan Aug 29, 2014 0 Many physicians and other healthcare providers refer a high volume of patient specimens to third party clinical…
Open Payments Open Payments Upcoming Outages; Review & Dispute Extended to September… Thomas Sullivan Aug 28, 2014 0 CMS still aiming to publish its data by September 30th.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just emailed out new…
Electronic Health Records Electronic Health Records Update: As Adoption of EHRs Increases, So Do… Thomas Sullivan Aug 28, 2014 0 Physicians in all specialties have steadily adopted electronic health records (EHRs). However, as doctors have embraced…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: PhRMA Issues Statement on Open Payments… Thomas Sullivan Aug 28, 2014 0 On Tuesday, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Assistant General Counsel, John Murphy, issued…
International International Disclosure Laws: ABPI Issues EFPIA-Modeled Disclosure… Thomas Sullivan Aug 27, 2014 0 Starting in 2016, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) member companies will make public…
International International Disclosure Laws: Managing Consent Within EFPIA’s Disclosure… Thomas Sullivan Aug 26, 2014 0 The EFPIA Disclosure Code requires all member companies of EFPIA, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Doctors Stuck in Open Payments Waiting Room Thomas Sullivan Aug 26, 2014 0 After a 12-day delay in the Dispute Resolution process, it seems like some doctors were anxious to get into Open…
ACCME Physician Payments Sunshine Act: ACCME Responds to CMS’ Proposal to… Thomas Sullivan Aug 25, 2014 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has sent a letter to CMS urging them to reconsider…
FDA Senate Appropriations Committee “Concerned” That FDA Has Not… Thomas Sullivan Aug 22, 2014 0 As reported by The Hill, earlier this year, the Senate Appropriations Committee told the Food and Drug Administration…
CME Council of Medical Specialty Societies Petitions CMS To Maintain CME… Thomas Sullivan Aug 21, 2014 0 The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), which represents forty-one societies with an aggregate membership of…