Pharmaceutical and Device Pharmaceutical Adherence Programs Vital to Lowering Health Costs Thomas Sullivan Aug 11, 2014 0 New survey research from Ernst & Young (EY) finds that the majority of payers in the US and Europe believe that drug…
DOJ False Claims Act Update Summer 2014 Thomas Sullivan Aug 8, 2014 0 In December 2013, we noted that the government has been increasingly using the False Claims Act (FCA) to combat fraud.…
Open Payments Open Payments System is Still Offline Thomas Sullivan Aug 7, 2014 0 August 7, 2014; 3:58 PM: "The Open Payments system has been taken offline temporarily to investigate a reported issue," says the…
CME Physician Payment Sunshine Act: AAFP Raises Concerns with CMS Proposal to… Thomas Sullivan Aug 7, 2014 0 The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) "strongly disagrees" with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
Pharmaceutical and Device Pharmaceutical Marketing Investment Down in US and Europe; Up in Major… Thomas Sullivan Aug 7, 2014 0 A recent report by Cegedim Strategic Data (CSD), a leading provider of healthcare market research, examined 2013…
AMA Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Over 100 Medical Associations and… Thomas Sullivan Aug 6, 2014 0 Medial associations and specialty societies have been understandably frustrated with the way the Physician Payments…
CME CBI’s Medical Education and Grants Breakthrough Summit Thomas Sullivan Aug 6, 2014 0 On September 9-10, hear from influential industry leaders across the medical education community at CBI’s Twelfth…
CMS Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CMS Shuts Down Open Payments Portal After… Thomas Sullivan Aug 5, 2014 1 Screen Shot 10:00pm EDT Monday August 4, 2014 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled…
CME Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Proposed CME Change: “Axing Sunshine… Thomas Sullivan Aug 5, 2014 0 Inside Health Policy recently covered CMS' proposal to remove the continuing medical education (CME) exclusion from the Sunshine…
Congress FDA to Propose Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests Thomas Sullivan Aug 4, 2014 0 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified Congress that it intends to issue draft guidance to propose a…