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…
Academic Organizations JAMA Opinion Article Looks for Bias in Academic Health Systems and Board… Thomas Sullivan Apr 10, 2014 0 The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published an opinion piece entitled "Conflict of Interest Policies…
ACCME ACCME’s Conflict of Interest Procedures Thomas Sullivan Apr 9, 2014 0 At last week's American College of Cardiology annual meeting In Washington D.C., Murray Kopelow, President and CEO of the…